The past few days with Mason have been a respiratory rollercoaster. He was taken off of the oscillator on Tuesday and put on the conventional ventilator because he was fighting the oscillator. He required some medication to sedate him since he was fighting so much. So far on this ventilator he is requiring alot of oxygen, but his blood gases have been stable. The doctors are attributing this increased oxygen demand to the steroids wearing off and the infection he has in his lungs. Mason tested positive for MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) in his lungs. MRSA is a bacterial infection that is highly resistant to some antibiotics. He is on Vancomycin, a strong antibiotic, for seven days to help treat it.
Mason had to get more blood, platelets, and fresh frozen plasma these past few days. He was also started on a medication to help increase his blood pressure since he has been slightly low. Mason is very swollen again due to the sedation medication and his inability to move. They are restricting his fluids and giving him some medication to get rid of the excess fluids.
What Mason really needs is to gain some actual weight. We can't feed him while he is on the sedation medication because it paralyzes the bowels as well. He is up to about 920 grams but they think around 100 grams of that is excess fluid.
Day by day is a phrase used alot around here. Day by day.
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