Day 23 - Cozy Baby

Friday, January 22nd

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Morning: James is tolerating his feed of 15 ML. Could use a bowel movement before 2pm, which will be 24 hours without one, or else they will be give James a suppository to help. His oxygen was at 47%, which is great progress. Amplitude at 30 and will get lowered to 29 today to see how James tolerates it. Pressure still at 15 until oxygen can get below 40%. Blood gas came back good. As of right now, James is doing well. He’s snuggled up nice and cozy today. . 

We also had someone make us a beautiful 3 week card with hand prints from James. ❤️https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1eikluUNxUsuzWViBMqytA3850KVdFQuZ
 

Evening:  Baby James put on another 15g, now weighing in at 825g. He’s up to 16 ML of feed and tolerating it and will reach his max of 17 ML tonight, assuming he stays the course. His oxygen went down to 37% and amplitude down to 28. This is very great progress too. The suppository helped him with a large bowel movement, which it is common for these little babies to be slightly constipated and needing this every so often. Overall, James is resting, eating, and growing and is having a great day without any IVs, PICC lines, or ports. 

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