Off Cpap!

I got to the hospital yesterday and Miss Addisyn was off the Cpap. When I walked in the room, I noticed that the room was much quieter than it was the day before, which is the tell-tale sign for Cpap for me. I looked at her Cpap machine and it was turned off, then I looked at the O2 bottle and it was bottling. She was on 1 lt of flow and 34% when I walked in which is wonderful for her. I also walked into another surprise. She was wearing her Christmas shirt that says "Is it too late to be good". I bought that for her because they always say she is being naughty. I held her forever yesterday. She just seemed so content that I couldn't put her down. I think I finally left around 8 pm last night and I held her the whole time. A conversation came up the other day while I was in the hospital with her. It was either the LC or Chaplain stating how hard it must be. I have to admit that it is hard, but when I look at her, I think of my gandmother's babies that never made it and all of the other babies who never even got this chance. She may be early, she may be living in the hospital, but she made it here and is going to be Ok. She shouldn't have made it this far, but she did. So many people are not as lucky as we are.

Back on Cpap

Well, Addisyn put up a good fight for the past 2 weeks with her cannula trying to be a big girl, but today she told everyone she needed a little extra help. They did a chest X-ray and it was very cloudy. Her lung sacs were closing and she was starting to shut down. She was desating quite a bit last night to the point where she needed to be bagged. I was pretty bummed for a few minutes, but she seemed so comfortable on the CPAP. Her breathing wasn't labored, her little nose was getting a break from the high flow and she was finally satting high on low oxygen. Her sats were in the high to mid 90's and her oxygen was at 25% when I left. On the cannula, it was usually around 40% and she would desat quickly. The last time she had a setback, she went back to the vent for a few days, but after they put her back on CPAP, she was smooth sailing and went to the cannula after 2 days. I am hoping this extra help will help her progress faster when she graduates back to the cannula. I am also hoping that the CPAP doesn't interfere with her feeds like it did last time. She was also given meds for reflux (reglan). When the dr said he was going to give her Reglan, it sounded like rideline. He said the rideline is for him.