Presley's big YAY for the day is that she is now down to HALF a liter & still at 21% oxygen. Since she has been sat-ing at 100 all day today, that tomorrow they will turn it down to a quarter of a liter.. and if she tolerates that, then the next day, DRUMROLL..... no more nasal cannula!! So she could be off of oxygen by this weekend!!! That's the plan anyway, we all know that things can change in the NICU, but we are pretty excited!!! After she gets taken off the oxygen, they will take out her OG tube (the one in her mouth that she feeds from) and will make it an NG tube instead!! I'm seriously so excited about all of this!
She GAINED weight!! FINALLY!! She lost for quite a few days in a row, so her gaining was awesome news! She gained 20grams, so she now weighs 1420 grams (3 lbs 1 ounce) She is getting more amazing by the day with breastfeeding. Sweet tiny Presley breastfed for DRUMROLL... 20 MINUTES!!! Yep, she's a rockstar!! They also started challenging her with temp changes, so hopefully by next week some time, she will be able to start wearing clothes! Not that I have any teeny tiny preemie clothes to fit a 3lb baby, but it's still exciting none the less, and the NICU does have clothes. I did try to order some off of Carters.com because I know that they sell preemie clothes, because I saw them in their outlet when we were in the states last fall. Low & behold, I was pretty bummed when I went online & couldn't find any preemie stuff. Maybe I didn't look hard enough, but either way, NONE. So if any of my readers are avid carters shoppers & are close to one in the states & wouldn't mind going in the store to see if they still sell them and send some to me, let me know & I can send you some moola!
I had an interesting conversation with a mother that has a 36wker in the NICU right now. She was telling me about how this is her 2nd preemie, the other having been 36wks too, and I just had to chuckle to myself. I asked how long their NICU stay was & she said 3 days in the most dramatic voice she could use. It's things like this that Aaron & I have just learned to laugh about, because they always make it seem like it's the most tragic thing ever, when in reality it's not that bad at all. The most annoying is having the mothers of termies whose baby is in for a couple hours & then they post all over FB and tell everyone that will listen that their baby is a "NICU Baby" or "NICU graduate". Thats a huge pet peeve of mine. Okay that's my rant for the day.
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Wow she is such a ROCKSTAR! Goooo Presley! So glad to read how wells she's been doing. Sorry about the apnea/brady, but you are right that's totally normal for her GA. They FREAKED me out to no end when Elisa kept having hers.
On the preemie clothes, I know that Babies R Us has them in the store. Message me your address and I can probably get some over to you.
Emma was down to 5lb when we left the hospital and I had an outfit that was even too small for her, not that it'll fit pres but it might come a little closer. I have a bunch of preemie stuff because she was so small and I'll send a few things. ;)
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