04/02/2026
Well still no luck on getting Bostons sedated echo done. Last night we went to Cincinnati and stayed at the Ronald McDonald house. This morning we got a call that his cardiologist called out sick and wanted to know if we still wanted to proceed with the day or reschedule. I told her we would still do it since it was just a half hour before his appointment for the echo, we would just see whoever was in clinic for the day. We get over to his echo and they're taking his height and weight, and he coughed. And a cough that was moving things around, not just clearing his throat. I went 😬, his nurse went 😬. We took him in and she said let's get his vitals and I'll talk to the doc. I told her that was literally the first one he's done. I've been listening since his one last month was cancelled because he was sick. She took his vitals and his oxygen was down below baseline. I was talking myself down from a full blown panic attack, I figured we were about to get admitted. The doc and anesthesiologist came in. They weren't super concerned with his stats being low, but just said it lead them more towards leaning to not doing the echo today. She said sometimes the risk is so low that they go ahead anyways but they weren't liking this whole set up, but said if I was adamant about getting it done today they would meet and come up with a plan. I told her I was not adamant. We would just come back, I didn't like playing that gamble. I would never forgive myself if he had complications and they could have been avoided by simply coming back another day. They redid his vitals and they were right where they normally are at home. They assumed since his nurse put the pulse ox on and then put his sock over it, she probably didn't actually have it on right anymore. If it was reading part of his toe and his sock it's obviously not accurate. They watched it for several minutes while we finished talking and it stayed strong so everyone was feeling much better. So we'll try again in a month and see how it goes 🤞
