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...