Muscle and Lung Damage

One of the side effects of paralytics and steroids is damage to muscle tissue. Dr. Clark told me today that in many cases the damage can improve over time. He also said it was necessary to treat Michael with these drugs in order to give him a chance to survive. He said survival beats movement. Once you get passed the living part, you can try to fix the movement issues. If you don't get past the first barrier, the second is moot.

High levels of oxygen cause lung damage. The lungs need oxygen. It seems so ironic that O2 which is necessary for life can cause such damage.

In America, we believe more is better. We should change our thinking; just right is better. Sometimes more is not better, it is just more.