Around 6 or 6:30 tonight, the resident and the attending doctor came into Mason's room, talked to Bill, and basically told him that they were sending Mason home. They had done all the tests they could and there was really nothing more they could do for him. Besides, his oxygen need was coming down a bit. So, after getting clarification an hour or so later, Bill was able to bring Mason home!
We were stunned! We had expected to be in the hospital for at least another day to get some answers about the glucose test (sugar was high which isn't typical of dumping syndrome) and make sure that Mason would tolerate his new feeding schedule. Unfortunately, neither of those things happened. What did happen was an upper GI test in which they confirmed that Mason's GI tract was anatomically normal.
After the normal test, they ran out of options. Fortunately, Mason needed only about 2.5 liters of oxygen most of the day and was even able to come down to 1.5 as Bill was bringing him home. I'm not sure what happened between this morning and tonight, but something must have clicked for Mason - his saturations were better on less oxygen. We are shocked. I guess he just decided that it was time to come home.
We are so glad to be home, but getting used to the idea that we may never know what exactly caused the oxygen need to go up and what allowed it to come down again. For everything we've all been through since Mason was born, there has almost always been a reason. Guess we're getting into a little more unknown territory now. How will a control freak like me be able to deal???? Patience and just going with it. Haven't I learned that lesson in the past year? Maybe Mason was just reminding me......
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Glad you're home.
Kids will throw you a curve every time.
Grampa Glenn
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