Emily now weighs 1880 grams (4 lbs, 2.3 oz) Emily was moved onto the nasal cannula today! The doctor just wanted to try it out for two hours and see how she did. He also expected her oxygen requirements to go up to between 60% and 80%. Emily had other ideas however, and has been … [Read more…]
After her seemingly large increase in weight last night, we were prepared for her to lose tonight, but no. She was weighed twice tonight to confirm, on the same scale that she was weighed on last night. Emily now weighs 1805 grams (3 lbs, 15.7 oz), frustratingly just shy of 4 lbs. The pressure on … [Read more…]
Emily is exactly thirteen weeks old today. She now weighs 1733 grams (3 lbs, 13 oz). She is tolerating her baths in the evening much better now and doesn’t desat nearly as much as she used to. We found that keeping her vertical helps her with her reflux issue when she’s feeding, so Daddy gets … [Read more…]
Not much to report today. Emily had a decent blood gas this morning – the pCO2 was 68. Her weight is 1646 grams, so she seems to have been hovering the past few days, but the scales in the nursery seem to be a bit off, and she was ademic last week, so she’s roughly … [Read more…]
Emily had another explosive diaper this morning. Later in the day, she moved to an open-top crib! Another big step forward; her isolette was needed by a new baby who was much sicker. It’s kind of wierd that Emily is no longer the sickest baby in the nursery. Her oxygen requirements stay the lowest we’ve … [Read more…]