thanks Joel. i appreciate you accepting me into this forum. has to take my PALS to the ER today.
he was having shortness of breath and his high pressure alarm kept going off, even after suctioning him. the needle on his vent kept jumping up between 40 and 50 when it normally goes to 10. His mom called the dr and he said we better bring him in the ER for a chest xray. when we got there, they did hear wheezing and alot of mucous in his lungs. but the xray actually ended up better than the last one he had in june. they said his lungs looked less plugged up (or something to that effect).
PALS had mentioned that the balloon in his trache felt stretched out or that something was wrong with it. he had an appointment scheduled on sept 9th for a new one, but said he couldnt wait that long, so they changed it at the hospital. there was ALOT more gunk on it than usual. once he had the new one in, he felt great. no more shortness of breath. we were/are all very very happy! i was beginning to get very worried about him.