I can't believe our little man in a week old today! He has come so far in this one week!
He is on a nasal cannula, he is on room air for the fio2 and 3l of oxygen (they use what's called a blender I am not quite sure how it works), but his sats are staying good at this! His feeding is up to 27cc's (could be 33cc's by the time we get there tonight). He has been having some alarms that are called apnea's and brady's which is super scary for us but very common for babies his age. He has a few in the past few days while I was holding him which was the scariest thing in the world, but the nurses are amazing and stay calm and just get him to breath again! So since he had these they started him on caffiene which just helps his brain remember to breath! Since he got the bolus yesterday around 2pm he has only had 2 alarms and the last one was last night at 930! His billirubin is up so there is a good chance he will have to back on the lights but thats ok. He is doing so great! If his feedings stay good he will be able to get his IV out and will be able to go an open crib :-)
Today was so incredible, he was so awake and alert and just stares at us, his smile is the cutest. He loves to have his hands by his face and loves to pull out his oxygen. He had it out for 3 minutes today and didn't drop at all! When we left this afternoon he was sucking on his nuk which is great for potential nursing! We will visit him again soon so I can't wait to see my love bug!
Shaun goes back to work on Tuesday which will be hard, it's been so amazing having him home. He is incredible and has helped me so much as I recover from my c-section. I am having a harder time because my muscles are so atrophied that I get tired walking short distances, walking stairs kills me. Me and the boys are so lucky we have such a great man to take care of us!
Please continue to pray for our little man, pray that he stays infection free and keeps making improvements!
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