Yesterday was very eventful. Because Alex hadn't had any heart rate drops in 24 hours the doctor decided to discontinue the medicine she's been on. He also decided to start weaning her from the toaster oven to an open air crib, and he increased her bottle feeds.
So when I came in this morning she was in a big girl crib! I just hope she's able to maintain her temp without burning too many calories, because it is possible if she loses weight she could go back in the isolette.
Today the doctor said that if she doesn't have anymore heart rate drops she could go home as soon as next week. Because they took her off the medicine I would be very surprised if she didn't have any drops (or bradys they call them-short for bradycardia). She has to be off the Aminophylline for 7 days and can't have any bradys for 5 days before they will let her go home. So far she's doing well. She was 3 pounds and 13 ounces when they weighed her tonight.
Ransom and I are going to the discharge class Saturday and we're going to give her her first bath!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Monday September 14, 2009
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Alexandra was moved to the 7th floor CCN a few days ago. That's where babies that just need to eat and grow get sent. She'll stay there until she goes home.
She weighs 3 pounds 2.2 ounces! We tried her first bottle this weekend when Daddy was here just to see if she was even remotely interested. She did surprisingly well considering it's not really time for her to do that yet. She should be bottle feeding pretty well in a few weeks when she has the whole suck swallow breathe thing down.
I don't know how long we'll be up here but I imagine at least another month. She has to be able to maintain her body temperature in an open crib, be bottle or breast feeding successfully,and remembering to breathe so her heart rate doesn't drop (it's a weird thing preemies do until their brains get more mature). So she still has quite a way to go.
She's making her doctors proud and doing better every day.
I'm sorry there aren't any photos on this. My computer will not let me upload pictures to this blog or send any through e mail but it will let me upload them to Facebook; so that's where the pictures are.
Thank you all so much for your support and encouragement. It really means a lot to both me and Ransom.
Alexandra was moved to the 7th floor CCN a few days ago. That's where babies that just need to eat and grow get sent. She'll stay there until she goes home.
She weighs 3 pounds 2.2 ounces! We tried her first bottle this weekend when Daddy was here just to see if she was even remotely interested. She did surprisingly well considering it's not really time for her to do that yet. She should be bottle feeding pretty well in a few weeks when she has the whole suck swallow breathe thing down.
I don't know how long we'll be up here but I imagine at least another month. She has to be able to maintain her body temperature in an open crib, be bottle or breast feeding successfully,and remembering to breathe so her heart rate doesn't drop (it's a weird thing preemies do until their brains get more mature). So she still has quite a way to go.
She's making her doctors proud and doing better every day.
I'm sorry there aren't any photos on this. My computer will not let me upload pictures to this blog or send any through e mail but it will let me upload them to Facebook; so that's where the pictures are.
Thank you all so much for your support and encouragement. It really means a lot to both me and Ransom.
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