The new attending thinks these bad numbers are related to his feeding tube being in the wrong spot. They tried to adjust it today and this time didn't turn his food flow off. Since he weighs less than he did when he left the NICU, he needs all the nutrition he can get.
Some resident turned down Julian's flow without being told to do so and against our wishes, so we don't know if that contributed to his PC02 going up either. We pushed the flow back to where we wanted it and hope for a better blood gas result tomorrow morning.
Yet another new attending begins tomorrow, so we will take our concerns to him.
Joy
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Come on little guy. Love and prayers for a speedy return to lower numbers.
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