Friday 30th of January RS-virus Day7

James was anxious during the night. On top of that, the sensor to the apné alarm lost contact with his tummy so the alarm went off, I stood attention by the bed in a hurry. I checked so James breathed as he should and I attached the sensor back on his tummy.
James woke up in a bad state. He cried hysterically because of his tummy. They helped him immediately with a catheter. You could hear his every breath since he was way more flemmy. His saturation was below 60% which was a bad sign. He was worse than the other day. I swore to myself, he had done so well and now taken two steps back. James had lot more flam and the saturation was down to 50-60%, inhalations, suctions, panic attacks. The doctor wanted James to be on a Be-pap support which they would fetch up from Child ICU. The physiotherapist asked if he could speak to an anaesthetic doctor before he ordered a Be-pap support, Anaesthetic doctor Valeria visits and says he does not need Be-pap but definitely needed more oxygen support. James had more strained breathing with more tummy inhaling, but not as bad so Valeria thought he needed a Be-pap. She ordered Penguin oxygen mask to James. This is a mask with open sides, made of soft silicon and on top of the mask there is an image of a penguin. Really cute! James was not very impressed, but when I squeezed in his dummy inside the mask he was happy again. Well he fiddled around annoyed from time to time, but I don’t blame him. He is a good boy. James is a very, very strong boy and everyone he meet he impresses. When James is cross, he is really cross and usually for a reason. He is not a whiny child in between. His saturation can go down to 38% and he still puts his heals down the mattress, throws himself backwards, black-blue in his face and waving his arms in fury. James is truly a fighter and we are really grateful!! He is also very active I believe he will make us run after him in a short future and he will have a great big cheeky smile on his face :o)