Wow! It suddenly feels like we may have a baby home soon...and we're not quite ready! I know, you're probably all thinking that we've had a long time to prepare. But, to be honest, when you have kids in the NICU, the last thing you want is to come home to an empty crib. Hazel's still doing well without oxygen and even took her bottle last night without it. She's getting 2 out of 3 feeds bottle/breast. Her last step is to take all of her feeds bottle/breast and then pass a car seat test. Who knows, she may be home in a week!
Jude is going to try a bottle tomorrow (if he cooperates and wakes up at feeding time). His oxygen flow has been weaned 3 liters over the past 10 days. That's amazing! He was stuck at the same setting for over 2 weeks and we were hoping that he'd be able to be weaned a liter a week. He's done better than that and is going to be weaned another liter over the next 48 hours. Most of his labs that were drawn yesterday for liver dysfunction are "send outs" and won't be back for 1-2 weeks. Some came back right away and showed that his levels are elevated (to be expected with liver dysfunction) and had gone up 20% from his last check. :(
Eye exams were the same this week, which is "immature without ROP". Another exam in 2 weeks...
3 comments:
That's amazing how well the kids are doing!! We'll keep praying!
Oh, that would be so wonderful if Hazel could be at home with you soon! Praying that it happens this month and that Jude quickly follows in his sister's footsteps. So exciting!
Praise God that Hazel is doing so well, and Jude's oxygen has been lowered so significantly! Answered prayers! Now let's focus on Jude's liver.
--Jaime Townzen
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