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I've created this page to help my sister Tonya out during her son's hospital stay. My nephew Caleb had Vagus Nerve Stimulator surgery to help control his seizures. The surgery went well, but unfortunately had complications after, due to anesthesia, oxygen levels, and him aspirating. He began coding and the emergency rescue team had saved him, but then he was sedated and hooked up to a ventilator, and breathing tube.
Since then he has had a series of tests, CT scans, chest xrays, bronchial scope to clear out secretions, breathing treatments, antibiotics, and steroids.
Caleb was finally well enough at one point and off the ventilator and had the breathing tube removed. He was resting and exhausted from everything going on. It wasn't long after that, that his right lung had completely diminished and had difficulty clearing secretions. The doctors decided to re-intibutate Caleb with the breathing tube and ventilator, to give his lungs a break and do another bronchial scope to clear this side out. It's been 1 step forward, 2 steps back.
Two days ago, on Wednesday, Caleb had his breathing tube removed and was off the ventilator (again). Then he had a CPAP type mask on his face to help with oxygen and breathing treatments until he gets used to everything again. He still has his feeding tube in.
Thursday morning xrays were already showing his right lung filling with secretions. They were going to do more suction and breathing treatments. With his mask on, it keeps constant pressure on so its hard to keep up with the secretions. They may switch to something else later.
Caleb has now been re-intubated for the 3rd time. He is hooked up to the ventilator and breathing tube. He was sedated and had a rigid scope done through his nose, throat, and down to his lungs to check his airways. There's also an order in for an ultrasound of his diaphragm when he wakes up. From his scope procedure, they said it looked like a possible lung infection, so they took some cultures. They also suctioned and cleaned out what they could. They also recommended getting his spit glands removed when possible, maybe not immediately, but a possibility.
Today (Friday) their plan is to do the diaphragm ultrasound since he is currently sleeping off sedation and has to breathe on a certain mode of ventilator for it.
*Today makes two weeks that Caleb has been in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the University Of Michigan in Ann Arbor. My sister has not left his side. That's two weeks so far without an income. Any donation at all will help supplement her income. Please pray for Caleb to recover from this. His little body has been through so much.
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Mindy Arbour
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Perry, MI