So, pulmonary set out a plan to increase her cough assist to 4 times a day, but add in a saline mist with it. They also are going to use a percussion machine on her right lower lobe twice a day. The hope is that if she has a plug that is blocking air from entering the lobe, this combination will help to break up that blockage allowing air to inflate the lobe again. If this is not successful, they will need to do a scope down into the lung and attempt to manually clear it while also getting a picture of what is happening down in that lung.
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Today we had a consult with the Pulmonary team. It was really helpful as they looked through the last couple of years of x-rays and the CT scan from the ED. I can’t remember if I have shared yet on the blog, but the CT scan had shown that the lower right lobe of Aimee’s lung is nearly completely collapsed. Apparently, the x-rays from 2019 showed it as open and the more recent ones showed it as blocked, but the CT scan gave an actual clear picture of how badly it is collapsed.
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