Just left the hospital and Rachel is having a much better day. They said she was rest much more comfortably and is tolerating the hands on from both nurse and doctors.
The doctor who is on today is starting steriods (which she told me it was an option she was thinking of yesterday) to help Rachel with her lungs to get her off the Oclialtor and back to th other vent. She is also going to be off her TPN (the lipids and nutrition she gets through IV) starting tonight! Her feeds will go up to 13cc's as well. They will be giving her clear IV fluid only just to keep the picc line open in case they need it.
She was weighed again today and was 985 grams.....almost 2.3 pounds! Yeah Rachel! They also turned down her Isolette temp because she was kinda warm and being to warm can make her burn calories....and when they took her temp at noon she had maintained her temp....which is a good thing...that's one thing she needs to do in order to come home!!
I was able to change her and also suction out her mouth....they have this thing that reminds me of the dentist suction thing....at least she will be ready for that when the time comes!!! She didn't do so bad when I was doing that so she must trust me!
More updates to come!
Jenny
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