Dear Samuel,
What a great weekend!
We reached another milestone over the weekend....Your feeding tube was moved from your mouth to an "NG" tube down your nose. This, is supposed to be, much more comfortable for you. If it were me, and I had to choose I would definitely choose nose over mouth. Check it out:
What a great weekend!
We reached another milestone over the weekend....Your feeding tube was moved from your mouth to an "NG" tube down your nose. This, is supposed to be, much more comfortable for you. If it were me, and I had to choose I would definitely choose nose over mouth. Check it out:
Your oxygen needs have been dropping too. You were down to 0.5 liters of wall air and were sitting at 21% (or "Room Air" aka what the rest of us are breathing right now) for most of the day yesterday. The doctors and nurses were toying with the idea of doing a test with taking you off of oxygen to see how you would do. We never got to that point, but still an encouraging sign that they would even consider it! You still struggle with feedings a bit, so they have to bump you up to 1 liter of wall air around 25%-30% O2.
Now that your NG tube is in, You and Momma have started practicing with nursing and also taking a nook. Today was the first practice and you did really well!
You dropped about 30 grams today (Sunday) but your weight is still doing really well. You're at 2 pounds 9 ounces.
Overall, everyone in the NICU is amazed at how far you have come and how well you are doing. You are ahead of schedule for A LOT of things (Most of them listed above) for your gestational age. Needless to say, you amaze us everyday too. Keep fighting buddy!
Love,
Mom and Dad
