DAY 148

It's not good. He is regressing. Back at 100% on the FiO2 and pressure at 33. And those high settings only yield him a O2 saturation of 90-91.

Doc L says Ethan hasn't gotten past the peak of the para-influenza virus, so the infection is still damaging his lungs. And he expects him to get worse in the next few days. And they've done all they can do for him at this point. But that doc is always so negative. We prefer to speak with Doc C tomorrow.

What we are battling now is ARDS - acute respiratory distress syndrome. If you google it, it's basically breathing failure caused by underlying illness. In his case, it's the para-influenza virus that damaged his lungs, causing them to be unable to properly bring in oxygen into his body and clear carbon dioxide from his body.

We need to get rid of the nasty bug. But if his immune system doesn't work, how are we to do that?