Monday, July 7, 2008

Hunter had his head ultrasound today. It was unchanged from a month ago. This means that we are free and clear from a condition called PVL. PVL is serious. It would increase his chances for cerebral palsy, learning developmental delays, and so forth. It basically turns the brain into swiss cheese. These little guys are at an increased risk of developing it. I was ecstatic to say the least that he is free and clear. It was one thing we could check off of the list of things to worry about.
Physical Therapy came up today. They tried a new type of nipple on Hunter today. It is a silicone nipple. It is harder than the normal nipple. But, it worked. It forced him to pace himself. He was able to consume 21 out of 41 cc's today. Then, he got tuckered out.

I got to feed him for the first time at 8 PM. He was able to consume 12 out of 41 cc's. He did really well for me. His oxygen dropped a couple times. I think he had one or two heart rate dips (brady's). He got pooped out after 20 minutes or so. We pulled back and fed it through the tube.

There hasn't been any real change in his oxygen and air flow settings. He is sitting at 2 liters of air flow. He needs to come down to 1/4 liters of air flow before he can come home. He is at 40% oxygen. Oxygen won't matter when he comes home. It will be set at one setting: 100%. For right now, he needs to come down on oxygen for them to wean the air flow. It correlates to one another.