Dylan slowly deteriorated as the night went on.. his breathing got worse, he got very distressed and his CO2 level crept up. We all assumed from the right hand side leak! But nope! An xray at 1am showed the left side chest drain had actually become dislodged and air had reaccumulated quite a lot.. Now whether this could have been discovered earlier rather than allowing him to struggle and suffer all night is another matter, but they soon wheeled him back around to ICU and by 2am he was having a new chest drain put in on that side..
He came round fairly quickly after the drain.. in fact whilst they were cleaning him up he was babbling away like a drunk which was pretty hilarious! His breathing improved straight away as did his CO2 so no need for ventilation.
They did an xray to check placement after the new drain was fitted and the right hand side then had started to reaccumulate. Luckily it was only doing so slowly as air could still escape and he was breathing fine so they left him overnight and I finally went to bed at 3.45am!!
We got moved back to HDU this morning and then they put a right sided chest drain back in this afternoon, and after a bit of suction it seems to be working well so that's is positive. We've just got to accept that Dylan might need constant chest drains for the next few months but as long as he is happy and stable then it really doesn't matter as they don't seem to phase him now.
Tonight is my night at home, busy baking and prepping for the biggest boy's birthday and party tomorrow! Fingers crossed Daddy has a smoother night than I did yesterday!!
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