Day 53 - Another Round of Steroids
Sunday, February 21, 2021 James weighed in at 1610 grams (3lb 9oz). He is a growing boy. After speaking with the Doctor, they have decided to start another round of steroids today. Tuesday was 4 weeks from his last round. They like to spread those out. We are hoping this one will help get his oxygen numbers going in the right direction to be able to decrease support. The goal would be to have him then move to the conventional ventilator. This would allow more skin to skin and hands-on which is important. Other than that all we can do is just pray and hope his lungs continue to develop. The stage of his lung disease (underdevelopment) is critical. We had hoped that being on the jet would have helped more at this point. It is looking like Baby James will most likely be going home on oxygen and need support whenever that time comes. He is only 33 weeks even though he is 7 weeks adjusted. Going home on just oxygen would actually be a welcomed outcome compared to what other options may...