Monday, March 15, 2010

Hurray, they turned my oxygen down





















Today our friends at Epic had a baby shower for us. It was great seeing everyone and we got some very nice and thoughtful gifts. Nicholas is one lucky man. Now, we have to start unpacking the suit cases we brought back from Cleveland that are in his room and start getting organized with his stuff.

Nicholas's oxygen was changed from high flow to low flow this morning. Basically, he is no longer getting the pressure to help his lungs inflate, rather just the boost of oxygen. He is currently at 1/16th of a liter of oxygen. This is the amount of oxygen they would let him go home on, so, we're hopeful that home is just around the corner. He continues to take more feedings via bottle and hopefully, tomorrow they will go to a total amount in a day that he must take (on demand feedings) versus feeding him 45 cc every 3 hours. He is currently 17 inches long and 5lbs 2 ounces. Nicholas shares a room with 6 other babies now (we got moved to a medium size room late last week). We found him with his hat over his eyes the other day; we can only imagine what he was thinking. We are going to start our discharge education tomorrow; that way, when we get word that we're ready to go, we've accomplished everything we need to do.

1 comment:

  1. Great news Nicholas, sounds like anyday you be taking over the house!! I love the picture with your hat pulled down, if the trend continues once you get home your moms will know who you are really trying to tune out. :) We can't wait for you to get home, there are lots of us wanting to come see you!

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