I've been meaning to post a picture of Max's NICU monitor for quite a while. It turns out to be really hard to take a picture of a computer monitor, so I apologize for the blurriness.
The monitor tracks heart rate, respiratory rate, measured oxygen saturation and blood pressure. There's also a list of the most recent alarms. For example, one alarm line reads "DESAT 87 12:37". Max's measured oxygen saturation fell to 87 percent (below the alarm threshold of 88 percent) at 12:37. With Max's reflux increasing in severity, his desat alarms are again becoming more common. Back when his feeding tube was in his duodenum, Max almost never had a desat.
We'll bring Max home with a lower-tech version of this monitor, one that doesn't report values. I'm told it merely emits a piercing wail when one of the measures strays out of bounds.
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Max was born in October 2008 at Georgetown University Hospital. After more than four months at GUH, Max moved to the HSC Pediatric Center in March 2009. He came home six months after he was born, in April 2009.
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Start Here: A list of posts with background information
- We're home! (leaving the hospital with Max)
- The hospital at home (what it's like to care for Max at home)
- Max in action (see Max do his tricks)
- How is Max? (update April 2009)
Most recent photos of Max
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- Going on our first walk
- The immediate future
- Max's monitor
- Another big family meeting
- Evening update (Thursday 1/29)
- Morning update (Thursday 1/29)
- Late night update (Wednesday 1/28)
- Evening Update (Wednesday 1/28)
- Late night update (Tuesday 1/27)
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- Evening update (Saturday 01/17)
- What color are those eyes?
- Sleeping Max
- Crib Tour
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- Max pulls on his ND tube
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- Max's New Year's Resolutions
- Going without a cannula (again)
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- Lasix works
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