Another week has passed and Elliot continues to fight, grow, make us smile, laugh and sometimes cry, but the most important part is that the three of us are together.
We had to make a pretty important parental decision this week, to put Elliot on a steriod treatment or not. This was the hardest decision so far that we have had to make in regards to Elliot's treatments. In the end, we decided to give it a go! The steriods will help bring down his high oxygen requirement and reduce the fluid around his lungs, giving him and his lungs more strength and hopefully....geting him off the vent! He had reached a very high oxygen intake this week - hence the need for the steriods. He has been on them for about 24 hours and we have already started to see an improvement - this is a 6 day treatment. We are keeping our fingers crossed for all positive results.
BJ was able to do kangaroo care on Friday (hold Elliot) - they spent about 75 minutes sitting together and Elliot loved it, I think BJ enjoyed this also. This was BJ's second time holding Elliot, we had to take a break from holding when he was having all his vent changes and higher oxygen numbers so when we got the chance to hold today we jumped on it (we have some photos below)!
The feedings have been going well. We are now up to 3 cc's - every 24 hours we raise a cc - it's still a small amount but the little guy seems to be enjoying the milk! Now we just need him to put on some weight, right now he's at 2lbs 3oz.
We continue to ride the Dartmouth rollercoaster and believe this week we did alright, we have a great team here at Dartmouth who ride along with us and that is always comforting! Again, thank you all for the cards, emails, texts, phone calls and prayers...keep them coming!
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