Will got to have an hour and a half of Mom kangaroo care time. However, it quickly came to an end when the Dr came in and Will started having Brady's (lapse in breathing and heart beats)...approximately 5 or 6 in a short time frame. The nurse immediately ended the kangaroo session and laid him on his belly so he could calm down. He was doing better until he ate and then he started having Brady episodes again. The nurse called the Dr and it was determined he needed to go back on the ventilator. He obviously wasn't feeling well because he only digested half of his feeding and earlier that morning he had a lot of mucus buildup. Due to all this, they have cut his feedings in half for the time being, put him back on TPN (vitamin drip), and they are testing to see if he has another infection due to taking the central line out - sometimes the bacteria can float off while its coming out and go back into the blood stream.
Tenley had a better day than her brother, although she didn't get to have kangaroo care time due to Will getting intubated and no one wanting to hang around to see that...understandably so. They are going to increase her caloric intake by adding a fortifier and a vitamin supplement to her milk...she is already on a full dose of milk for her size so this is just the easiest way to pump more calories into her for healthy growing. She's on a the lowest CPAP machine and is doing great on it. Yesterday afternoon was her last dose of pain meds..they decided to cut her back to an "as needed" dosage and that was the last time she's been fussy.
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