We are now entering the long part of our NICU journey - or so says our doctors. Alexander is doing very well. He's staying infection free (despite even being exposed to the flu) and is growing very well! The long part is getting his lungs up to speed. He needs to take in more calories, so he can grow and develop more lung tissue. "It's like watching paint dry," so says Dr. Dagle.
I am trying not to be impatient. It's great to hear that every day is a "good" day but he's not really advancing they way I would love him to. It feels like every day is basically the same. Today they started him on another treatment of steroids. We are hoping that this will help reduce his vent settings so he can get off the jet ventilator and graduate back to the serva ventilator.
We will keep our fingers crossed that these steroids will push him to the next step! Here are some new photos of our little man.
We had to wear masks and caretakers had to gown up to enter Alex's room since he was exposed to the flu. Fortunately he never got it!!
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