High Pressure

We hear from the nurses that Hunter will never ever have to go back on CPAP. That doesn't mean he's out of the woods yet though, they are still concerned about his breathing. Whatever they do, they will be able to keep him on the nasal cannula. Over the weekend they had a special machine on reserve that would allow them to give him higher pressure (like the CPAP) but in a gentle way (like the regular oxygen).

Doctor became concerned about Hunter's fast breathing today and decided to switch him over to the high-volume device. From what I gather from the Doctor has said, CPAP delivered about 5 liters of air. The regular cannula delivers 1 liter, but this new device will allow them to give him 3 liters without having to worry about how it will affect his body. The plan is to work him down from 3 liters.

I'm wondering if they will be able to do the swallow study since that will require Hunter to take a bottle. If his breathing rate doesn't come down I don't know how they'll have him do it. We'll find out more about it tomorrow.