We take out the NG tube and look what happens! Before anyone gets too excited her tube was not removed for good. =( Kevin and I were trying to fix the tape that holds the tube in place and had a difficult time, to make a long story short we took the tube out and took the opportunity to snap some adorable pictures. Food update: The new formula didn't work, the first try made her vomit so we scratched that plan. Now we're back to straight breast milk and we're working on increasing her volumes again. Right now we're up to 78cc and we're moving back up to 80cc tonight. So far she is tolerating it very well. I think her tummy is ready for the 80cc it just needed more time to stretch naturally. She is also continuing to increase her oral intake. Right now she is averaging 30 cc from breastfeeding (YEAH Taylor!) last night she even took a whopping 50cc! So we're seeing SLOW progress every day but we're on our way. Yesterday Taylo...
Popular posts from this blog
8/8/06 (1:00 pm) - The rollercoaster continues... Taylor had some difficulties as she tried to adjust to breathing without the ventilator. They tried a couple of different treatment options with some success and eventually the got her carbon dioxide levels to fall, but not far enough. In order to keep her condition from getting worse and her body from stressing out even more (giving things a chance to affect her heart) they put her back on the ventilator. She is resting confortably now and the stress levels for Tabitha and I have decreased substantially. The nurse assured us that even though this attempt was not successful in weaning her from the ventilator we should not view it as a failure. She will need a couple of days to recover and relax and then they will try to do it again. They learned some things about her body and reactions to the procedure that give them information on how to modify the procedure next time to increase the chances for success. Keep praying for her to gain st...
8/18/06 - I've got no strings attached . As of yesterday evening Taylor was removed from her IV drip so she has no wires or plumbing connecting her to anything. She still has the feeding tube in her nose and will for some time as she builds up her endurance and nursing abilities. Currently, she is taking about 25% of her feedings orally and the rest are dripped through the feeding tube. Her IV site will be removed today so her feet will be free of hardware and they sent away the morning lab so she got spared an extra poke this morning. As she celebrated her second week of life, her life has been full of firsts. She rode in a swing for the first time on Wednesday night, she was held by her Grandmas for the first time, today we will take her outside on her first walk and let her experience the great outdoors for the first time as well.






Comments