There is a plan for us to go home -- well at least a tentative plan -- on Saturday morning.
Jereth is stable with the higher rate of air flow and is up to 7 lbs and 8 oz (3.4 kg). As long as he continues to gain weight and does well in the safety tests they have planned for him, we will be heading back to Idaho soon.
There are two safety tests planned for Jereth, one to make sure he will be able to handle the high flow being off for 30 minutes or more, to simulate him getting the nose-piece out of his nose without us noticing, and a much longer simulation of the ride home in a car seat.
Before we can do the car seat simulation we have to get equipment that is being sent from Boise which will be used to get us home, including a nebulizer that will provide the volume of humidified air Jereth needs when we are not at home. For the test he will sit in the car seat using the nebulizer to provide the air flow for the amount of time it takes to drive from here to home. Doesn't that sound like fun?
Once we get home there will be an air compressor and some other equipment we will need to be trained to run. We will also have a sensor to measure the percent oxygen in his blood so we'll know when he is having severe breathing difficulties.
If for some reason Jereth doesn't pass either of the safery simulation tests then the doctors will have to rethink their plans and we'll stay for a while longer.
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