...is doing very well. Today he had his first eye exam. Many premature babies have ROP. Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) causes a disease of the retina. It affects prematurely born babies. It consists of abnormal retinal vessels that grow mostly in an area where normal vessels have not yet grown in the retina. ROP is divided into stages 1 to 5. Nate's score was a zero- meaning his eyes are good! He will have them reevaluated in 2 weeks. I will keep you updated on this as well.
Also, tomorrow they are going to begin to do blood gases once daily instead of twice daily and he will have his ventilator rate decreased by 2 breaths per minute each day as long as he can tolerate this change. Hopefully this will lead to him no longer needing the ventilator soon.
We were warned when we started this journey that this would be a roller coaster of good days and bad days. Yes, we have had a few speed bumps, but no terribly "bad" days so far. We consider ourselves very lucky and we appreciate all of the support and prayers of our friends. Furthermore, we are grateful to the wonderful staff at All Children's hospital. They are amazing. We are fortunate to have such a valuable resource here.
Leeann and Patrick
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