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12-03-2004, 07:07 AM
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Brian has been sick and ended up in the hospital for a few days. We came home last night and he is finally getting some good sleep. Usually his heart rate may drop into the 90's when he is asleep. Last night, his heart rate kept dropping into the 70's. Once it dropped to 56. He comes right back up if we rub his back. I'm going to let the dr know when his office opens. I know his heart rate should go down some as he gets older. How low is okay? He is 18 mo. old. What heart rate did your kids have at that age? Could he just be so tired from the hospital and having been sick?
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Mom to Breanna (15), David (12), Christopher and Brian (almost 5). Brian decanned in 2006 and had his g-tube removed in 2007.  B & C are surviving triplets. Brooke survived for 1 month. 
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12-03-2004, 09:18 AM
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Sandra,
I think you should call a doctor, for sure, but Jake's heart rate when he's tired and sleeping deeply is usually in the mid 60's to low 70's. His normal sleeping heart rate is in the 70's to low 80's. He's 24 months old now, but that's how it's been for at least 6 months. How are Brian's sats when his heart rate drops that low? I noticed that Jake's usually increase, often being at 99-100 when he's in the 60's heart rate wise.
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Jakob, born Dec 02, Pfeiffer Syndrome, trached at 5 wks age due to mid-face hypoplasia, cranial vaultx2, monobloc, mid-face distraction, g-tube, pyloric stenosis, nissen, nasal stents, VP shunt, tonsils, adenoids, uvula all removed, tongue suspension, future pilot!!
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12-03-2004, 10:31 AM
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Did Brian get oral steroids in the hospital? We often find that Evan's resting HR gets very low (we have seen it in the 50s) when he is on steroids. He is almost 3 years old, and his normal resting HR is in the 70s.
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Laurie - Mom to Evan (the E-man), 27 week preemie, born 2-23-02, trached at 3 months for severe BPD. Vent dependent until 10 months, G-tube placed at 17 months, oxygen dependent until 2 years, 3 months, decannulated 6-27-04 at 2 years 4 months. The most enthusiastic, positive person I've met.
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12-03-2004, 02:26 PM
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Thanks. Dr told me I could turn the alarm to 65, so I'll do that. They think it is probably from exhaustion. He is on a stress dose of steroids, but he has been on steroids for over a year and this is the first time to have this problem. We'll see. They want to know if he falls below 65.
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Mom to Breanna (15), David (12), Christopher and Brian (almost 5). Brian decanned in 2006 and had his g-tube removed in 2007. B & C are surviving triplets. Brooke survived for 1 month.
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12-04-2004, 11:53 AM
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It's funny you posted this because we've had a similar drop in heartrate recently. Nate has always run rather high (130 and higher) and now it gets into the 70s while he's sleeping. His sats are great and he's now 20 mos, but he's had a lot of other medical issues going on and new meds so I didn't really know what to think of it. The doctor said it's fine. I'm glad to know someone is curious about this.
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 ~Marcie~Mom to Nate (8); trached at 5 wks due to chronic aspiration; CP, hypoglycemia (controlled with diet and meds), seizures, g-tube fed; Also mom to Brianna (16), Allison (14) and Delaney (3) My blog Life Is Good
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