Freaking out.

[BulletWithButterflyWings 422]

Okay so I had my labs done yesterday and they did the oxygen one and I already got my results online but idk what to make of them. It seems I'm barely out of range for a few. Anyone know if they will still do surgery or if this is just something I'm stressing over for nothing.

[gabybab 696]

My co2 was out of range and I still had surgery. I'm sorry I can not speak for the other tests. Good luck!

[GradyCat 3,693]

Gosh, I don't know what to make of them either. Good luck!

[Frustr8 7,886]

Might need a little tweaking but might not, if they do it should not be very long, but will pray🙏 everything smoothes out. Have you asked one of the nurses or medical staff,to help you interpret them better? Might be a Good First Step!

[KimB7811 115]

Some of mine were slightly below the normal range ( I believe it was with all the liver function counts) and he never even mentioned it. It’s getting so close for you now!!!!!

[LessFee 61]

Nursing student here! If you have known issues with your kidneys, this could be an expected result. Your kidneys secrete HCO3 which is a base. It helps maintain the acid-base balance in your body. In this result, the pCO2 is more basic to compensate for the fact that the kidneys are not secreting enough HCO3 (bicarbonate). If you don’t have kidney problems, I’m not by any means telling you that you do. I’m just saying that for whatever reason, your bicarbonate was low, so your PCO2 being more basic (less than 35) is a compensatory mechanism. Honestly, I’d think a PCO2 on the higher side would be a problem for surgery. That means you’d have a problem with ventilation (45+ is more acidic) and were retaining CO2 which would be a problem for anesthesia. I don’t think you have anything to worry about!

[BulletWithButterflyWings 422]

Thank you everyone!!! I haven't gotten a call from the nurse so I'm going to assume everything is okay.

[KarenLR75 515]

Sorry, am not familiar with the test results you got...I only have experience with being faced with constant 'oxygen level issues'....

I've had multiple pulmonary embolisms (blood clots that went thru my heart to my lungs) and am on oxygen at night and sometimes during day. My surgeon knows this and they are still planning to operate. My oxygen levels dip down, especially after surgery into the 70's (once you hit '89' on the monitor - the equipment starts a horrific alarm). They just come in and either put an oxygen mask on me or they up the level of oxygen.

Even though the clots are now gone from my lungs, ,they left them scarred so I will always face a battle with respiration issues. I have found that the more I swim and practice holding my breath, it helps a bit with stretching things out...kind of like when we were kids and could only hold our breath for maybe 1/2 a lap, then you keep working on it and gradually if you work it correctly, some ppl could do multiple laps with very little need for extra breaths.