August 3rd, 2007

Megan had an okay night last night. She gave Mommy a few more gray hairs by raising her temperature last night to 37.7.

The nurses did say that it was probably caused by her isolette which was turned up the day before. She had the humidity turned off in her isolette. Sometimes the humidity can cool the baby down, even though it is supposed to be heated.

When I checked this morning, her temp was back to normal and all was well. Her feedings are still going well. She is at 15 cc every 2 hours which is 180 cc a day! She kept her oxygen saturation pretty stable overnight and was only set at 23% oxygen which is grrreat!

Bob and I are heading to the hospital, so I will report back if the dr. has made any changes!

They have made quite a few changes for Megan.

Her feedings have been changed from every 2 hours to 23cc every 3 hours. They have it set up to give her one hour to eat. They would like to eventually get that down to 30 minutes for her to eat.

Because she is on a diuretic to get rid of fluids, that sometimes will decrease the potassium and sodium levels. They are now giving her sodium and potassium supplements in the breastmilk as a precaution.

On our visit with Megan, she was sucking her thumb the entire time - it was the cutest thing in the world! She is up to 2 lbs 10 oz.