Growing Greeks: A Weeks Worth of Difference

My, my, what a difference one week can make. Alexander had a great week!

In fact, during our Thursday visit he only set off his alarms once the whole time we were there. His oxygen needs were drastically reduced and he was able to come down on his vent settings. The doctor said she had to double check that it was his lung x-ray since they looked so good! He's on an inhaled steroid and doses of albuterol as needed. He also started an antibiotic that has been shown to reduce inflammation. He will be on this for the next 40 days.

By Friday his oxygen needs had increased again, but that was to be expected as he adjusted to his new vent settings. The weekend was also quiet for Alexander, with him coming down on his oxygen needs by Sunday to only 40% - room oxygen is 20%. These are all great signs! We will learn the next plan of action on Tuesday when we are there for rounds.

He's also hit the 4 lb mark! Yep - he is tolerating his feeds well and we couldn't be happier! He's eating 1 oz every 3 hours so we hope he can keep it up, grow and eat more! The stronger he gets, the better he will be at regenerating healthy lung tissue and being able to fight off infections.

While things have finally been steady and quiet for Alexander - things were anything but here on the homefront. We packed up our house this weekend in preparation for our closing this coming Friday. A HUGE THANK YOU to my parents and Sally Atwell for helping us move this weekend, Chris Beason and Stef Brandt for watching Andrew and Pete's parents for letting us room with them until we find our next project and their help with Andrew!!!! Moving is a very large undertaking - one that we weren't prepared for with everything else going on in our lives. But we are getting close and by Wednesday, all our things will be out and into storage. We haven't yet found our next home, but we look forward to finding something that will better suit our family of four!