Colby making big boy steps today!

Ms Debbie had Colby today and he was giving her a little trouble today. :)

-He was at 16 CCs and they were set to move him up 1 CC every 6 hours if he was doing well

-At his 9am feeding his oxygen SAT dropped and he set off the brady alarm(which means his heart rate dropped considerably and then went back up) which is not a normal thing for him.  He also seemed to have a little spit-up.

-Ms. Debbie tried to slow the formula at his 12 noon feeding to see if that helped...his heart rate didn't seem affected but his oxygen SAT did drop during that feeding as well.

-Mommy got to redeem herself by changing a diaper!  It was still a little difficult with the wires and the fact that the diaper was on upside down but he didn't poo-poo or tee-tee on me this time!  Whoo Hoo!

-BIG NEWS for today---They took out his PICC line (but again...didn't want him to know about it so he wouldn't act up! ) this morning so when we got there the machine that has been holding his fluids was gone!  I got so excited!  He doesn't have anything poking him now!  Just his oxygen monitor around his foot and his monitors that are stuck on his chest!  PRAISES!!!


PM Check-In with Shelby:

-Rate at 15

-Oxygen at 33%

-Pressure is 20 over 5 (which is down from 21 over 5!!!)

-He weighed 2 pounds 11 ounces (gained enough grams to put him over into the next ounce!)

-His next blood gas is at 10pm but he seemed to be doing good so far

-Doing good on his feedings still.  He is up to 17 CCs and this time Shelby tried giving him his dinner with the pump. (Pumps are used to put in medicine, blood, or platelets and you can set the amount of time you want it to take to put the amount in.)  So--Shelby set it to give him his dinner over a 30 minute period so it wouldn't go in too fast and that seems to have helped the issues he was having earlier.

-They are still moving up 1 CC every 6 hours so at midnight he will go to 18 CCs and at 6 am he will go 19 CCs.  Noon he should be at 20 CCs and at midnight Friday night he should be at 21 CCs where they have maxed him out at if he gets that far and is still tolerating his food ok.

-Shelby has him hanging out on his side right now.  He wasn't happy at first but seems to like it now.

-His head circumference is still 25 1/4 " so that is good news.

Good day today---we are so blessed to have so many of these!  Our God is so good and we are so amazed each day by the miracles we are seeing in Colby and all the other babies in this NICU!!!  Please say an extra prayer for these wonderful nurses and doctors tonight...I just don't know how I would have been able to handle this without their obvious love for these babies, all the support they give the parents, how sweet they are to the siblings.  To all of you that read this blog---you are the best!

Brie