Another episode-free night on the books. The nurse said she de-satted several times, but I told him that she does that...she holds her breath when she stretches or when she's filling up her diaper. He said she gagged herself on her pacifier once--she sucked it in a little too far and that gag reflex went off. Poor thing--it's so sensitive. They increased her feedings a little bit; they are slowly working her back up to the amount she was getting into her intestine. She's doing ok with it in her stomach still so far. Keep it up, baby girl!
-Keli
2p.m.
Feisty Pants keeps making strides forward. When I got there to see her about lunch time, the nurse had taken her cannula out of her nose and she hadn't been getting any extra oxygen or increased flow since 9:30a.m. She was holding her own and keeping her sats in the upper 90s for the most part, which is where they are supposed to be. She dipped a few times of course--she tends to hold her breath when she wiggles and stretches and when she's filling her diaper, but they always came right back up. I held her while she got her 12:00 feeding; she alternated between dozing and wiggling until the feeding was complete. Once her belly was full, she went right to sleep. I'm pretty sure she has decided that she doesn't like feeling hungry and that it makes her rather grumpy (she gets that from her dad for sure). I'm so proud of her for doing so well--even if she has to go back on the oxygen, the longer she stays off of it the better. She's getting there.
-Keli
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| Sweet girl with no oxygen cannula on. Such a beautiful face! |
7p.m.
Well, the no-oxygen-cannula lasted until about 5p.m. She was finishing a feeding, and I guess her belly was full because she spit up. As soon as it ran out of her mouth I sat her up because I knew it was coming. I called the nurse, and sure enough, down she went. Her heart rate went down to about 90, which isn't too bad, but her oxygen sats went down to about 38%. The episode didn't last very long, but we know for sure it was caused by reflux. The nurse put the cannula back on, but it's still at the lowest possible setting. The nurse practitioner said they wanted to leave it there just in case she needed some extra oxygen should she have another episode.
Both times I held her today, she went to sleep. The nurse said that's just about the only times she slept all day. I think she likes me. :)
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| sweet little hand...her fingers don't look quite as long as they did when she was born...now that she has some meat on her bones. |
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