We're encroaching on 100 days in the NICU! CRAZY! I can't believe it's almost over. Izzy is doing really great. She has truly been a miracle! Our nurse yesterday said that in the 25 years that she's been a NICU nurse, she hasn't ever seen a baby that was born at 25 weeks that looks as good as Izzy does. That's quite a compliment, and we definitely believe her! We have been immensely blessed. She doesn't look like a premature baby, she looks very normal, and we are so grateful for that! Her developmental specialist has said that she looks very good that way as well.
Currently Izzy is on what's called "wall air" and that is what she can go home on! yay!! We made it through all of the ventilators. She's on 1/8 of a liter per minute, which is pretty close to being off oxygen altogether. The last notch before "off" is 1/32 of a liter so she's getting there.
She's been doing good with feeding as well. There have only been a couple of times that I've tried to breastfeed her and she hasn't done the full feed. She's getting about half of her feeds through breastfeeding or bottle feeding, and the other half through her tube. SO once she gets up the energy to eat the last half of her feedings then we can take her home!
She had a few WPW spells about a week ago and they upped her dose a little, so hopefully that does the trick! If not, we may have to go to primary childrens for a little bit so they can monitor her heart a little more in detail. I don't think that will happen, but the idea has come up so we're praying that she doesn't have any more in the next couple weeks.
Her bradycardia and apnea spells have also disintegrated this past week! I can tell that her brain finally made that connection that tells her she needs to keep breathing. It's so nice to be able to just hold her and not have to rub her back until she breathes again. The only time she has any trouble is when she's eating, but she's getting the hang of it.
She weighs 7 lbs. 5 oz. now! She's getting so big! They finally decided to lower the calories in the fortifier that they put in her milk, so hopefully she'll slow down in the growing department. She has a million rolls!
Currently Izzy is on what's called "wall air" and that is what she can go home on! yay!! We made it through all of the ventilators. She's on 1/8 of a liter per minute, which is pretty close to being off oxygen altogether. The last notch before "off" is 1/32 of a liter so she's getting there.
She's been doing good with feeding as well. There have only been a couple of times that I've tried to breastfeed her and she hasn't done the full feed. She's getting about half of her feeds through breastfeeding or bottle feeding, and the other half through her tube. SO once she gets up the energy to eat the last half of her feedings then we can take her home!
She had a few WPW spells about a week ago and they upped her dose a little, so hopefully that does the trick! If not, we may have to go to primary childrens for a little bit so they can monitor her heart a little more in detail. I don't think that will happen, but the idea has come up so we're praying that she doesn't have any more in the next couple weeks.
Her bradycardia and apnea spells have also disintegrated this past week! I can tell that her brain finally made that connection that tells her she needs to keep breathing. It's so nice to be able to just hold her and not have to rub her back until she breathes again. The only time she has any trouble is when she's eating, but she's getting the hang of it.
She weighs 7 lbs. 5 oz. now! She's getting so big! They finally decided to lower the calories in the fortifier that they put in her milk, so hopefully she'll slow down in the growing department. She has a million rolls!
100 days today. She is a miracle. Love love her so much. Grandma Jo and Grandpa Miles.
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