Carter has been increased to full feeds now and is at 24 mL every 3 hours. It is based off of his weight so it will increase as he gains weight. If he loses weight it will stay the same. Today was his first full feed through his tube and his little belly wasn't quite ready because he started to desaturate from the full stomach and they think a little bit of reflux. They will start administering his feed using a pump now instead of gravity until he gets accustom to it. They have taken his CPAP off of a breathing rate now so all of his breaths are on his own. He still has some apnea spells but they are shorter than 10 seconds so we are doing well. They are also increasing his pressure to 7 to help keep his lungs open and will get a chest x-ray tomorrow. His weight did decrease a little and he is now 2 pounds 10 ounces. The medical team is not concerned with this at the moment. I got to do Kangaroo Care for the first time today. It was amazing and scary all at the same time (since his reflux apnea happened while he was laying on me). He eventually stabilized with a little bump in the oxygen and we had him out for a little over 3 hours. Great family time!
He is making great progress. Thank you so much for sharing his progress with all of us.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great team all of you are. Carter is really looking GOOD.
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