Day 103 - Speech Therapy & New Primary Doctor
Monday, April 12th, 2021 Morning Update: so the blood gas that was done at 5am after his bronchospasm came back at 80! So another one was done this morning at 8am came back at 59.7, which is much better! Here is a video of him at 4am after this Bronchospasm. This morning a new primary doctor did an assessment on James. She also went over all of his notes with the previous doctor and got an update on last night. James had a speech therapist stop by and had his first assessment. He did really well sitting up taking his pacifier. She put fresh breast milk on the tip and he went to town. Each time she gave him the pacifier with more milk on it he was more open to receiving it. He would open his mouth a little versus piercing his lips. He is learning! She said he sucked for about 19 times at the most before taking a break. He is still learning how to hold it in himself. We are going to make this a daily practice so we can get comfortable with sucking swallowing and breathing. The...