Rachel had a decent night last night they turned down her settings a little more on the Ocilator and her doses of morphine. She is still pretty active but it's not causing as many destats as before.
She was weighed today and is now 865 grams.....or 1.14 pounds and they have upped her feeding amount as well....she is now getting 4.5mls every 3 hours and seems to be handling it well. So we will see tomorrow how much they move it up to.
She is also becoming less touchy when they have do their hands on. So she must be getting better and thats a good sign. She still needs her incubator cover, quiet and no excitment because that uses u a lot of her energy and calories that she needs to grow and get well. But her nurse and the doctor think she is doing well and are thnking if the next step.....going back on the other ventilator to continue to help her to remember to breathe. Once she masters that they will put her on CPAP.
The resperatory therapist told me last night that she is trying to breathe over the Ocilator,which they don't want her to, but it is showing she wants to breathe without it.
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Hi Jen. My son Devin was born at 24 wks 8 years ago. Call me if you ever want to talk or want company at the hospital. We can talk about blood gases, IV placement; NICU nurses (gotta luv 'em) and so on.
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