Tenley - From 6p to 7p this evening, Mom was finally able to hold her baby girl. Weighing in at 2 lbs 1 oz and eating 9.5CCs of food, Tenley has made great progress. She's still on the assisted breathing machine but her levels (both oxygen and rate) are decreasing. The Dr. hopes that by the end of the weekend she will be off the assisted breathing machine and on CPAP like her brother. She is off her Lasix treatment and there was no evidence of any fluid in her lungs today. Her Arterial line is out (again, I have no idea what that is but it's something being subtracted from her many wires). Her little feet are getting bruised pretty badly from all the bloodwork tests, so they are decreasing her tests from every 4 hrs to every 12. She was also sporting a crochet bonnet today...
Will - He also got some Kangaroo holding from his Mom today. Also weighing in at 2 lbs 1 oz and eating 8CCs of food, he's quite content on his CPAP getting snuggled by Mom. He's on his second day of Lasix treatment..hopefully after tomorrow all the fluid in his lungs will be cleared. Will has episodes called "Brady's"...common in premies so not to worry. They get so relaxed that they forget to breathe and their heart rate drops. To fix this, a simple soft flick to the feet or the bottom snaps them right out of it and they start breathing on their own again. It's also common for them to continue this behavior even after they are discharged so he may go home with a little monitor indicating to Mom and Dad that it's time for him to get flicked again.
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HI EVERYONE-MOM & I WERE VIEWING ALL THE PHOTOS ON SNAPFISH. IT IS SO NICE TO GET TO EXPERIENCE ALL THIS WITH YOU. WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO HEAR YOU GOT TO FINALLY HOLD BOTH BABIES BECKY. WE ARE GLAD TO HEAR THEY ARE DOING WELL. WE WILL BE THINKING OF YOU.
ReplyDeleteLOVE, BETH & FAMILY AND AUNT KAY