Baby Steps

Early Monday morning Duke and I received a phone call at home from the NICU dr. He said that Cate's intestines looked a little abnormal on her x-ray. He said that because of this they would be taking her off her feedings and putting an i.v. in. He said they would do another x-ray and if everything looked good they would start back on her feedings. They are very cautious because it would not be good for her to get an infection in the intestines. The second x-ray on Monday came out good. They started her feeds back up yesterday, at only 2 cc's. They had to put in another i.v. yesterday because the one they put in on Monday was irritating her. I couldn't watch. Hopefully they will be taking out the i.v. all together today or tomorrow. Her feeds are at 3 cc's today. They keep dropping her vent settings because her blood gases are looking good. Her lungs are still looking a little hazy on the x-ray, but they say they are not too concerned.

For my friend Andi that requested that we make sure to continue to post Cate's weight, oxygen, vent settings :), Cate's weight as of late last night is 1 lb. 15 oz. She got kicked out of the 2 pounder club. It's a good thing that her weight went down. They would have been concerned if it hadn't considering she was not getting any food. Her O2% is at 29 (21 is room air), her bpm (breaths per minute) rate is 30 (This means the vent is giving her 30 breaths per minute, so she is doing most of the work. 30 is pretty good. She was at 50 a week and a 1/2 ago when she wasn't doing so good.). So, all in all, things are looking pretty good.