… due to her pulmonary hypertension, she’s needing her O2 even while lying in bed!
We’ve been told there’s no cure, but she is so in the early stages of it, how can it happen this fast? Otherwise, she feels fine and her only pain is coming from her colycystectomy.
I’'ll be staying awake and watching her (her O2 company gave me a sat monitor as a loan and her O2 sat is 98% on O2 and 95% off.) while I wait for the doctor’s call back.
She’s not sick in any other way, and she isn’t sucking air, but it worries me that she needs O2 at NIGHT and not in the DAYTIME!
Okay, Georgia Lung called back, and, since I was a somewhat knowledgable respiratory therapist before I went bat-shit, and her sats are above 90%, I’ve been told to “sit tight” for now and walk her with the sat monitor in the morning.
If the sat drops below 90, I am to take her back to the hospital.
I really need my training to stay with me, and I have already told her that if she notices having to “pull” for a breath, she’s t let me know immediately.
I’m scared, y’all.
I started the night in such a great mood, cooking for her, and cleaning the house and tucking her in, but when she asked for her oxygen, I got scared.
Sounds like she is lucky to have you. You did the right thing by calling her docs and I’m sure you’ll keep a good eye on her. Hope that things improve for her soon.
Even if her stats stay above 90, please go to the hospital if you need some back up or get anxious. We’re here, but if you need physical people, please don’t hesitate to take her in.
We’re awake (well, in my case it’s a “sort of” thing but that’s ALWAYS true).
I need to knock out a bit of work in the next 20ish minutes then limp my way upstairs (taking longer than usual due to some failed amateur acrobatics) but if you don’t think it’ll disturb you and D, we’ll phone you a little after 11 PM.