Trey continues to hold his own but since he is not progressing well discussions about starting a third steroid treatment continue. The doctors have respected our choice to avoid a long-term systemic steroid treatment which has been linked to developmental delays. Since Fletcher Allen is a teaching hospital a lot of research is performed here. The doctors are very familiar with steroids and having talked through our concerns they've opted to treat Trey with a less agressive systemic streroid that is given to outpatient babies. They said they aren't sure why they didn't think to try this sooner - the only downside is that it could be a longer treatment - but we avoid any extreme side affects by taking this approach. For now, the inhaled steroid (which only impacts the lungs, rather than other organs like systemic steroids) treatment has been increased from two doses per day to four. We will see how Trey responds to this over the next few days before advancing to any further systemic steroid treatment.
Stella is doing well and is enjoying time with Grandma and Grandpa Goolden this weekend while Randy is home with his team. The boys are working hard - they won the Class C title today - congratulations guys!
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