One Big Scare

       T.J. went to the hospital for a Bronchoscopy and a Dilation.  The bronch test went well and the dilation looked as if it went just as well.  We were in post-op waiting for a room because we were staying at least 24 hours.  Mickey went to work and as soon as he got there he got a text from Kimberly saying, "Get back here now!"  Mickey got back to the hospital and as he turned down the hallway to T.J.s room he saw one of his worst nightmares, 16-20 doctors standing outside T.J.'s room.  They were all standing there waiting to be told what to do, what to get, who to get.  One of the nurses saw Mickey and took him to see Kimberly who was forced to leave the bedside so more doctors could get in to help T.J.  Mickey asked what was going and Kimberly said, T.J. wouldn't stop being fussy, then he started screaming and turned bright red in the face and within a few minutes his lips started to turn bluish-purple."  Kimberly had already got the nurse and that nurse had already called for more nurses and doctors.

       X-rays later showed there was a pocket of air next to his lungs.  The pocket of air was pushing on T.J.s right lung causing him to not be able to breathe very well.  The doctors told us that they needed to put in a chest tube in order to suck the air out.  After that T.J. began to stabilize.  He did have to be
intubated.  

       Here is the plan Saturday, we hope to extubate him and get him started back on his feeds, and start weening him off of his meds.  Then hopefully Monday we can take out the chest tube.  Then we can start talking about possibly going home.