8:49 AM
Last night, Gabriel’s cousin Mylena took care of our little Gabriel. She is 20 years old and studying medicine.
During the night, his oxygen saturation varied between 88 and 100.
This morning when I arrived at 7 AM, it was at 92.
At 8:35 AM, the doctor came to inform me that Gabriel has a pneumothorax, which means there is air between his lung and the chest wall. This air prevents part of the lung from inflating normally, which can interfere with breathing.
To help the lung reopen naturally, the doctor increased the oxygen to 100% until noon. This helps to ‘reabsorb’ the air that has escaped and relieve the pressure.
If this is not sufficient, the doctor will consider inserting a chest tube (a small tube in the thorax) to manually remove the air and allow the lung to return to its place.
According to ChatGPT:
“A pneumothorax can occur when the lungs are weakened, for example after a significant infection or inflammation. The air then escapes into the chest cavity instead of staying in the lung. It usually heals well in most cases.”
If you pray, send good vibes, etc. for him today, please focus on this issue!
2:11 PM
The doctor informed me at 1:30 PM that the pneumothorax seems to have improved on the X-ray taken at 1 PM.
Excellent news!
As a precaution, they are maintaining the oxygen concentration sent by the machine at 100% until this evening.
This 100% tends to worry us, as in the past, Gabriel had to spend several days at this concentration. However, over long periods, this can become dangerous for the body.
The ideal and safe range is between 21% (oxygen level in ambient air) and 60%.
But in this case, it’s different because it’s temporary and controlled — unlike last time, when we had no choice.
Gabriel is helping us all advance in medicine day by day.
