Friday we started seeing a few runny noses around the house, and yesterday Mira had it, too. Like we expected, and have been told to expect, a runny nose is a much bigger deal for her than it is for the rest of us. She has so many little factors to complicate things.
We were up with her a fair amount last night, as she was coughing a lot of phlegm, and also some of her feed was coming up, too. We put her new oximeter to use, and although 94/95% is not great, it was the lowest she was going, and was often at 96 or 97. You really want to be 98 or higher. (The percentages do not give you a purely linear relationship to the amount of oxygen your body really wants. Her pulmonologist said that once you're below 95%, what your body is getting drops rather quickly.)
Today after getting home from a busy morning and early afternoon, we noticed that she still wasn't settling in, and got the oximeter out again, and were getting readings below 88, with only an occasional spike into the low 90s. So, back in the buckles she went, and she and Daddy are on their way to the ER to see what's up and what we can do for her.
I'm so glad she's here doing this with her Daddy.
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