Weekend of the Marathon

This weekend was slow overall. But we got a tour of all the best parts of Baltimore while trying to maneuver our way around the Marathon. But did finally make our way after a few wrong turns. Lalo has been stable since returning to the NICU. We are trying to get used to the new process here and the new way they are evaluating him. There are different priorities and new terms for very similar or the same things.

Yesterday (Monday) was also relatively stable but some minor issues with his lungs. Sarah found him on his side when she arrived and after some questions and generalizations the term used to describe he issue was collapsed lung. He was on his side to help give his lungs space to expand. As it turns out each time the ventilator was tweaked in the PICU this was related to some type of "lung collapse" issue. Which as it turns out is not a huge issue. The PICU would x-ray Lalo every day to check the lung and make sure it was hyper-inflated (which is good). The NICU does not and only watch blood-gas levels and check the lungs with an x-ray when the blood-gas levels are not good. The same but different.

There was also lots of talk about surgery yesterday. The doctor even asked us what day was better for us! Now? We will try and get more info on an exact time.  Still waiting on neurosurgery to give the green light.