Dear Samuel,
Today you had your very first Eye exam. It only consisted of dilating your pupils to make sure all of the blood vessels in your eyes are growing properly. You passed with flying colors. Everything looks normal for your gestational age.
The rest of the day consisted of you recovering from said eye exam. As you can imagine, for such a little guy it takes a lot out of you! Because of this you had quite a few alarms (mostly de-sats, but some ABD's) today.
The GOOD news is that your O2 levels were all the way down to 23% tonight! And how much is room air, again???? That's right. 21%.
There is some talk about switching your vent machine and your nose prongs, as well. The new machine would only supply you with what's called "high flow". It would NOT give you breaths like your current vent but rather supply you with a high flow of oxygenated air. I know, it sounds kind of like the same thing but they are different.
Other than that, not much change today. Mom is going to give you another bath tomorrow.
Sleep tight little one.
Love,
Mom and Dad
Today you had your very first Eye exam. It only consisted of dilating your pupils to make sure all of the blood vessels in your eyes are growing properly. You passed with flying colors. Everything looks normal for your gestational age.
The rest of the day consisted of you recovering from said eye exam. As you can imagine, for such a little guy it takes a lot out of you! Because of this you had quite a few alarms (mostly de-sats, but some ABD's) today.
The GOOD news is that your O2 levels were all the way down to 23% tonight! And how much is room air, again???? That's right. 21%.
There is some talk about switching your vent machine and your nose prongs, as well. The new machine would only supply you with what's called "high flow". It would NOT give you breaths like your current vent but rather supply you with a high flow of oxygenated air. I know, it sounds kind of like the same thing but they are different.
Other than that, not much change today. Mom is going to give you another bath tomorrow.
Sleep tight little one.
Love,
Mom and Dad
