I know everyone has been anxiously awaiting an update today and we really appreciate the extra prayers since today has been a bit of a rollercoaster. Last night Carter was doing well without any real changes. This morning however when we arrived he had been having episodes of decreased oxygen saturation. These episodes have gradually worsened during the day. He has required more oxygen to maintain his oxygen saturation level and in two instances he had to be manually bagged to support his ventilation because his saturation level was in the low 40's. During this they performed a deep suctioning and he has a mucous plug that was believed to be causing his desaturation. This has occurred numerous times and now they are performing the suctioning every two hours and in between as needed. We discussed again with the neonatologist starting a short course of low dose steroids to help reduce inflammation in his lungs to help his lung status and we were set to start this however after some labs it was found that he has a slight increase in his white count that could be concerning for an infection. This is a very slight increase so they are not certain there is a source of an infection but they are watching it very closely. In any event they are not able to start steroids yet because they can increase the risk of an infection. He is also getting another blood transfusion primarily to give him a source of oxygenated blood. While they give him the transfusion he is not able to have his tube feeds so those have been stopped until tonight. I will keep you all posted as often as possible. Thank you for your continued prayers, #babycarterstrong!!
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