Tuesday, 3/22

We had our meeting with the surgeon today. This wasn't to really get concrete info, it was more just to start a dialogue between everyone. The basic outcome was that we are still about 4 weeks away from another surgery. This will give him time to get rid of his current infection(s), give his lungs time to heal, and for him to grow stronger and bigger. He is now at about 4 pounds. There are still some differing opinions about why his lung function is so poor and so some of the next four weeks will also be spent doing further tests for that. I'll let you know more about these as they come up.

All in all he is doing pretty well. The culture for his RSV has been negative for 2 days so hopefully we are almost in the clear for that. It has to be negative for 3 days before he can come off isolation. I am looking forward to that! His oxygenation continued to be good today he is just still requiring high vent settings. We'll get there, little buddy.