Things have not, unfortunately been straightforward in the last 24 hours.
We were woken at 2am by the Neonatal Unit asking us to come in as they were going to perform the tracheostomy on Max as a matter of urgency. When we got there the ENT surgeon was there and discussing things with the various doctors and nurses and they decided that their primary concern wasn’t the tube in his throat, as it was in the correct position, but the fact that the hole in his lungs was seeping air into his body and that the drains were failing to get rid of it. They inserted a new drain and got it draining some of the air, but his breathing was still not settling well. He seemed stable so we left at around 4.30 am. We came home and tried to sleep only to be woken at 6 am asking us to go in to talk to the doctors. The decision was made to perform the tracheotomy as his breathing was too unstable to maintain properly.
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This afternoon, when I went to the hospital I was told that the ENT consultant was coming to see Max at 5pm and that they would operate. Well, I nearly fainted! J had been to see him earlier in the day, and been told that the ENT consultant would be there tomorrow, so in anticipation, J went off to get some work done so he and I could spend the day at the hospital tomorrow, so I had to call him back.
Massimo (Max) David Hope-Mason …. was born on Friday 31st January 2003 at 9.55 am weighing 1.556 kilos (3 lbs 6 oz) – his gestational age was 32 weeks and 2 day – so 8 weeks early. He is in St George’s neonatal unit, which is the best in the South East and is being well looked after.
