Good Morning. Jon and I are feeling a litte more human today after taking some time out yesterday. Mema and Pepa paid visits to all three for us and reported that they were doing well.
Just the brief morning update from the nurses today: Golda is holding steady. Her blood cultures are thankfully still negative, but they have to wait a full 48 hours (tonight at 11:30 ish) for them to be sure it's negative. That means she is still getting her antibiotics just in case. She is still on CPAP, breathing mostly room air. On occasion she needs to have the back of her throat suctioned to remove some thick saliva that pools there, but otherwise she is doing just fine. She gained a little weight, making her now 1076 g (2 lbs. 5.95 oz.).
Leah is still using the oxygen cannula at 0.04 L oxygen. The nurse said they have orders to reduce the flow, but haven't yet because she is having occasional apneas and having the oxygen keeps her from getting too tired to self-recover from them. They are getting less frequent though, so that's a plus. She is taking 20 ml of fortified breast milk by NG tube every three hours. Her weight is 1370 g (3 lbs 0.32 oz.). The good news for Leah is that she is now taking all of her nutrition from her NG tube - no more supplemental nutrients for her and therefore, no more PICC line!!!
Micah is also PICC line free! He is still alternating his feedings between bottle and NG tube and is now up to 25 ml of fortified breast milk and its showing in his weight - he is now 1850 g (4 lbs. 1.25 oz.)!
That's all for now. We will be visiting all three today. I will update again tomorrow! Happy Rosh Hashanah!
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