Tonight starts the first dose of steroid treatment. This will be a 10 day process, slowly tapering off the dose to wean him from the medication. This is a last ditch effort to help his lungs out. They don't typically do steroid treatments anymore due to all the serious and fatal side effects. We ask for your prayers again. The potential side effects include (cerebral palsy, NEC, ulcers, high blood pressure, infection, stunted growth, neurological damage). This was a hard decision to make, and the Neonatologist group was split on whether they think the benefits outweigh the risks. We do know leaving him on the vent for extended period time only causes more damage, so we are willing to go ahead with this treatment plan.
Please pray Ezra would respond to the medication. His lung inflammation would go down, and he could be extubated from the ventilator without any of those side effects.
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