Day 70 - High CO2 and Possible Next Steps
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Morning : Overnight, James had a calm evening. He did really well overall and sustained his FIO2 levels around 60 (which isn’t great, but it’s what James needs right now). James did gain some weight last night and is now 2300g or 5 pounds 1 ounce! He’s a growing baby boy!! However, his CO2 came back very high at 81. This is concerning due to adding too much stress on his lungs. The only ways to release is to breathe out and urinate, but mainly exhale. This will just take time, and after 70 days, we know what patience feels like. After speaking with the doctor, he’s suggesting we see how James does during the next several days. If he doesn’t make improvements, James will be assigned to inhale with a NICU version of a nebulizer to breathe in a steroid. Depending on tat progress, we can try a final round of DART, the previous steroid that James was on twice. After that, we will see the progress James is having. If James st...