July 11th, 2006. Yesterday we didn't go see Beau. I feel aweful, but he needed a quiet growing day. He had a lot going on and his oxygen requirements have been slightly high to prevent such low drops when he dsats. It scares me so much when he dsats that low and bradys with it. *Dsat refers to his blood oxygen level. A good range for Beau is 83-95. Anything lower is not good, higher is tolerable. Brady refers to a drop in heartrate. When he's really angry or irritated his heartbeat drops to less than 100 beats a minute and that really isn't good.* Lately he's been dsat-ing to 65 then slowly pulling himself back up. There seems to be too many things that set him off. He doesn't like when new people touch him. He doesn't like his breathing tube. He doesn't like the fluid in his lungs. All of those things and more set him off. Sometimes he does it simply by moving or stretching.

Today they are continuing with his iron, potassium, and sodium supplements along with his diaretic. They had stopped the diaretic because they were low. He also had a bit of the junk in his lungs sent to the lab and they've come up positive for the same bacteria he had before. They've decided to treat him for it before it has a chance to get worse and try to relieve some of the fluid in his lungs. I think he'll be on the same antibiotic again for 7 days. We'll see. One way or another they're keeping a close eye on him.

Other than that he's still being Beau. His nurses keep saying it's lucky he's as cute as he is to get away with all of his antics. His newest isn't pulling out his breathing tube, it's working the tape off of it first. Smart little monkey.