Hey there. Patience is key. Helping your 27 weeker who needs home oxygen is a marathon, not a sprint. The impact of BPD/CLD is going to take a while for her lungs to get to the point where she can be off oxygen entirely, and will affect her lungs for the rest of her childhood and to some degree her entire adult life.That being said, trust what your team is saying here. The alarm parameters are perfectly fine as a level for concern. In the NICU, we would only care about desats longer than 10-15 seconds; momentary dips are much more likely to mean nothing. If your team thinks shes ready for room air overnight, particularly given her vigorous attempts to pull the cannula off, I think thats a good sign.Let her alarm do the work. You shouldnt have to be staying up next to her like this. The alarm can tell you when shes going longer than 10 seconds in the 80s. These short blips dont matter as much. If it alarms, just keep track of how many alarms overnight youre having, how long, and the low number reached during the desat. The monitor should be tracking this for you.Its okay. You are doing so much hard work for your daughter right now and are asking a lot of really important questions about how to give her the best treatment and recovery; that shows me that you are taking great care of her. Just keep talking with your team and dont be afraid to ask to speak with them in between appointments if you feel like things are changing.
Im doing all of the above but will look into the 3M tape, thank you!