Day 84 - Care Conference Scheduled

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Approaching his due date in about 2 weeks, tomorrow James will be 12 weeks old. Remember, he was born 14 weeks early back in December. 🕐

We scheduled our care conference for Friday afternoon. During this meeting Mom and Dad will be able to sit down with a couple of people from the hospital including the Director of the PICU, the pulmonologist, our social worker, and our patient care advocate. This will give us a chance to ask any questions or concerns regarding tracheostomy, next steps, and settings expectations. 🤱👶🫁

Update:
  • Increased clonidine to every 4 hours from 6 hours to help with restlessness and irritation.
  • Increased Tidal Volume to 19
  • FiO2 ranging from 43-55 
  • Tonight weighing in at 2980 grams (6lb 9oz)
  • Recently his feeds increased to 50 ml
If anyone is interested, Mom just watched this 1 hour Zoom Seminar from a Pulmonologist on Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, "The chronic lung disease of infancy". 👩‍💻 She thought it was pretty helpful but it's a lot of information! The more you know... 🌈
https://youtu.be/yiPLE9jfHD






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