We're supposed to be going home today but the blood work they did last night showed a CO2 level of 72. That is way too high. In fact anything over 70 is what they consider life threatening. They think the high CO2 might be a result of the high flow Eli was on. The sleep study was showing a disruption in Eli's breathing patterns so it might have been messing with his ability to exchange gases.
They plan to keep us in the hospital another night and they plan on testing the CO2 again later this evening and again on Sunday before discharge. Eli is now on the regular nasal cannula at 3/4 liter of oxygen.
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