Day 57 - First Skin to Skin Hold!
Thursday, February 25, 2021 Update: Today is the day! The first skin to skin moment with Mom and Baby James. Since James had a great night, the doctor decided to remove the JET this morning. This means James is only on the conventional ventilator right now. His FIO2 is at 26% and he is steady! He’s responding extremely well to the steroid and is very stable. His CO2 level from the blood gas is still in the 50s, so the nurses and doctors allowed Mom to move forward with James doing skin to skin today! James weighed in last night at 1750g, or 3.7 pounds. Putting on weight while on the steroid is fairly uncommon, but shows that James is having great progress He is moving his bowels every couple hours. Overall, today is a great day so far. We also found out the hospital has 2,427 MLs frozen in storage (approximately 10 days worth). Here’s some great footage from skin to skin: Front view: Close up: Close up 2: