Happy Saturday Everyone! I held Carter until 11 pm last night and when we left him he was chugging along with his 26% oxygen at 4 L/min. This morning when we arrived we were met with more great progress. Carter has been reduced down to 3.5 L/min and his feeds were increased to 32 mL every 3 hours because.........he is now FOUR pounds!!!!!! Very excited to hit the four pound mark. Even more excited that he seems to be tolerating the decrease in the flow of oxygen. They are keeping a very close eye on him though because they know how he is about big changes. During his feed today he got to practice sucking on his pacifier. He did well with it but after about 3 minutes was done. In order for us to begin bottle feeding he has to be off of the high flow nasal cannula so we are really praying that he continues to wean from the oxygen without difficulty. We are so proud of his strength to burst through these obstacles. Keep it up little man!
You are a real fighter Carter and my HERO!!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work!