Joshua – Status Update

March 27, 2026

Today started well with Joshua. We went into his room and were pleased to see him on 60% oxygen and looking good. He had a good night and his oxygen levels were stable. The plan for the day is to continue to monitor his progress and to continue to reduce the amount of oxygen he is receiving as deemed possible.

While I was in Joshua's room, his pulmonologist showed up. We discussed how things were going and everything was agreed to be going well. The doctor used the term that Joshua had rounded a corner. Joshua's room was deemed the 'happy room' for the day.

Most of Joshua's day was uneventful, which was important since we were going through so much with Natalie. After spending a high stress several hours with Natalie, we made it across the ICU wing over to Joshua, only to arrive when they were at the end of a respiratory treatment and Joshua was struggling to get his oxygen back up. We wanted calm and quiet and we showed up to cautious and purposeful. It wasn't the 'happy room' we were hoping for. Thankfully, they were able to get things back to a reasonable state for Joshua, but it left me feeling rather uncomfortable on the drive home. The good news of the experience is that we had a nurse and respiratory therapist who were very good at working with Joshua and they were diligent in using the cough assist to get the mucus out of his lungs.