Thursday, March 7, 2013

Low-key

We've had a couple of very low-key days in a row.  It's been great!  There really haven't been any changes with the girls.  Jordyn is still on the CPAP, which is great news.  On Sunday when I was holding her, she needed quite a big of extra oxygen and our nurse started prepping me for the chance that she would have to go back on the ventilator.  So far she has been holding her own.  There is always the chance that she'll have to go back, but the longer she lasts on the CPAP, the better.  Her oxygen levels swing about a lot, which is just a side effect of her prematurity.  Cathy, our respiratory therapist, said as she gets older and bigger, that will change.

Jordyn's got her left eye open all the way and the right eye is almost there.

I haven't been able to hold Addi for 3 days now.  Her doctors have wanted her to be as still as possible to help her throat heal.  She hasn't had any blood in her stomach today, but the respiratory therapists have been getting a little out when they suction her throat.  She is about as low as you can get on her ventilator settings so the doctors are going to extubate her tomorrow or the next day.  Third times the charm, right?  Her PDA keeps opening and closing.  They think it is very small now and her lungs have been really clear so they want to keep waiting and see if it will close on its own rather than make her go through the surgery.

 Peggy with Addison

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