1. Respiratory: Abigail has been on CPAP for about a week and has been doing great. They started alternating her between High Flow (no pressure to keep her lungs open) and CPAP starting on Monday. She does 4 hours on high flow during the night and day shifts. With continued success she will spend more time on High flow and Less time on CPAP. Then eventually they will be able to wean the flow completely. She is getting between 23-21% oxygen (21% is room air, what we breath).
2. Feedings: They are starting to train Abigail's stomach for accepting regular feedings instead of continous. Currently she is getting 24 mL of food every 2 hours through her feeding tube but instead of it being continous for those 2 hours the feeding pump delivers it all in 1 hour. Gradually the time will be shortened to 30 minutes. Then they will start stretching her to every 3 hours. So far she has done well. During her hands on time they check how much is left in her belly using a syringe to pull back on the feeding tube. So far she has had very little to nothing left.
3. Abigail is starting to regulate her own body temperature. They are leaving the top to her bed open. Possibly by the end of the day she will be moved to an open crib!
In a crib!!
Joshua also surprised us all this weekend! We went to Travis' sister, Kimberly's wedding. We were so excited to celebraate with Kimberly and Tom, and Joshua was excited to be the ring bearer. Now those of you who know Joshua would probably place bets that he wouldn't make it down the aisle. Joshua is not really known for being out going. He is typically pretty shy and clings to Mom in social settings he is unfamiliar with.
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| He walked the whole way with is shoulders up to his ears and smirk on his face! |
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| You can see him sitting in the background. He liked chasing the bubbles as they blew into the church. |
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