July 31st, 2007
It was an uneventful check in call this morning - the kind I like!
Megan had a good night. She had some residual from her feeding this morning, but she was fine after the nurse put her on her tummy. She does go up and down a bit still with her saturation numbers. They would like to see that stabalize some more before taking her off the vent.
All else is going well. She is still on caffeine and sodium. They have not had to add fortifiers to her breastmilk, yet. They will as soon as she needs that extra boost to gain weight.
Every Tuesday, a team of doctors and specialists go around to all the babies in the NICU. We'll see if they have made any changes for Meggers!
Our visit went okay today. We got there the same time she was having her follow up head scan. First they had a student do the head scan and then it had to be redone / checked by another technician. Megan was not happy at all about it and was pretty agitated. She started to calm down a bit just as we were leaving.
She is still having a few apneas / brady's per day. The nurse said it is very normal for her age, but we still don't like to see them. I read that preemies tend to grow out of the "a's and b's" anywhere from 32-36 weeks. We asked if her feedings were going to be increased since she has been at 14 cc every 2 hours for the past couple days, but the nurse said she is at a full feeding for her age.
Her current weight is 2 lbs 8.7 oz - big girl! She is nearly a pound heavier than her lowest weight which was 1 lb 10 oz.
3 comments:
Megan will be a star in the NICU since all the doctors and nurses will get to know her well. And I think you should publish this blog as a book! Think how inspirational (and realistic) it would be for parents of preemies. Has Megan tried M&Ms yet? That seems to really help with gaining weight (I read that somewhere...I don't really eat M&Ms!). Have a happy day!
I finally had to register with a Google account so I could comment on your blog! It is so great to hear of Megan's growth and I can't believe she is getting so big! I loved so much the picture of you holding Megan for the first time. I had it up on my computer at work most of the day today and showed some of my work friends since they all know Megan's story. It must have been a wonderful experience for you to finally hold her. Congratulations, Mom! Love to all Bev and gang
I'm going to send up a picture of myself with Mom & Dad today. (Wednesday) You can place it somewhere in Megan's crib in the hospital so she can study me and learn what she wants to be when she grows up... ;)
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