So on Monday he weighed 9lbs 5 oz and he is 21 inches long. Yesterday they took an X-ray and decided to put him back on the 3 day course of steriods. They also made changes to his vent settings because one lung had too much pressure. He has been throwing some big tantrums about once a day. Last night he had one and he did not settle down until we started to give him a bath.
Today he had another big tantrum. Nurse said it took 3 PRN's (prescribed sedatives that are allowed to be used if he needs them) and a while to get him calmed down. They did another X-ray today as well and made even more adjustments on his vent. He is currently down to 12 on his PEEP and 8 on his pressure support. Still at 50% O2 and still at 20 bpms. In addition his Nitric has been weened to 10 today. Also yesterday his morphine was changed out for a less concentrated mixture of morphine plus they took his dose down to .015. He had daily X-rays so that they can modify his pressures. Weekly Echo's as well.
What scares us the most right now is that he is throwing up gastric juices and we worry that he will get it down his vent tube. We cross our fingers he does not. Its been a rough week but he is still progressing. Unfortunately, this is the last week we will have Dr Prince. We will get a new attending but Dr Prince promised he will check in on him and get updates from the new attending.
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