Extubated! And she is doing so good! They decided to give her half a dose of the caffeine to help her remember to breath. If the caffeine starts making her heart go crazy and she has the WPW again then they will have to stop giving the caffeine, but hopefully the propranolol for her heart does a good enough job at stopping that from happening. Everyone is really confident that she will stay off the vent this time. Her lungs have matured quite a bit from the last time and her x rays look better than ever! They said her lungs sound really good and she is nice and comfy with the tube out.
Izzy loves her binky (which is a really good sign!) Usually when babies have the breathing tube down their throats for as long as Izzy did, they get really strong aversions to having things in their mouth and they don't do well with feeding. She doesn't have those aversions at all so we're praying she does fantastic when it comes time to try breastfeeding with her! Another good thing is that she is remembering to breathe when she has the binky in this time! Last time she was extubated she would quit breathing when she started sucking on the binky so they didn't let her have it for more than a few seconds.
We didn't think we would be able to hold her today but she was doing so good that they let me! It's so much easier and more relaxing to hold her without the tube. We are one happy family right now.
Izzy loves her binky (which is a really good sign!) Usually when babies have the breathing tube down their throats for as long as Izzy did, they get really strong aversions to having things in their mouth and they don't do well with feeding. She doesn't have those aversions at all so we're praying she does fantastic when it comes time to try breastfeeding with her! Another good thing is that she is remembering to breathe when she has the binky in this time! Last time she was extubated she would quit breathing when she started sucking on the binky so they didn't let her have it for more than a few seconds.
We didn't think we would be able to hold her today but she was doing so good that they let me! It's so much easier and more relaxing to hold her without the tube. We are one happy family right now.
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