Jac had a very scary Brady yesterday afternoon around 1 pm. Joseph and I were in his room with him and all of a sudden after having a little reflux stir he started to turn purple. I looked up at his monitor and saw that his heart rate was 52 (it should be at a minimum of around 140-150 normally) and it was not comig back up.
Normally when Jac has a Brady he comes right back - no intervention - minor drop in sats - and that is it. This one went on at least 10 - 15 seconds with me patting his butt, the nurses coming running and giving him blow-by (direct face mask oxygen). It was very scary but it did not seem to bother him in the slightest - he barely stirred - which made it even more disturbing.
This is the first time in his life he has had a Brady that needed any intervention and lasted more than a few seconds.
Let's all hope that he does not do it again - without the monitors the only indication would have been his color change - and I would have had to be watching him to see that happen.
The doctor thinks it was probably caused by reflux - he may have taken a little bit of milk down the wrong way when it came back up and that made him stop breathing.
Oy is all I can say.
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