New day, new plan

I was pretty happy with yesterday's plan, as you can probably tell from yesterday's blog. But this morning early before I got here, Jacob was not doing well. He was up to needing 100 percent oxygen. His x-rays showed cloudiness in both lungs, but good news the collapsed right lobe is resolved. His current lung issues are likely unrelated to infection or pneumonia. This is his evolving chronic lung disease. He may need steroid shots in a couple days to help him get off the vent, but there are some risky side effects. I pray he won't need steroids, but it looks like this is where we are heading.

Jacob is anemic and will get a blood transfusion as soon as his dad's blood arrives from the blood bank, by midnight tonight. If he can't wait for dad's blood he will get random donor blood today. The new red blood cells will help him lower his outside oxygen requirements. Today we are already seeing improvement since I have been here, he is at 65 percent oxygen now, so hopefully he can keep it up and continue to bring it down on his own after the transfusion.

The photo attached is from my blackberry so sorry if the quality is bad. I am trying to capture this crown on his head. They made a crown with his name on it to cover the IV on his head. Some nurses and moms think ot is cute, I think it is creepy. By the way, the reason he has an IV on his head is that they are running out of good veins, and have to change IVs frequently when they are no longer good. He is on day 12 of a 14 day course of antibiotics so they should be able to stop the madness soon.

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