Who knew it would sound so good? While Jack was intubated we could tell when he wasn’t happy. He’d make a sort of crying face, but no sound could come out.
Well, his voice is back, and while sometimes he still sort of “mews” rather than cries, he is making his displeasure known. His displeasure is directly related to the CPAP and all of the tape that it requires to be held in place (see pictures from Arch’s last post to get a sense of it). He is also VERY well aware of his schedule and if you mess with it, you’re toast. He’s very awake and alert for a couple of minutes every hour now, and we just love seeing his big eyes open and inquisitive.
As for his eyes, he had his first eye exam last week and currently does not show any signs of ROP. He’ll have an eye exam every week until he’s discharged to monitor, but he’s starting off from a good place.
Okay, on to all other things medical. While Jack lost 10 grams last night (most likley related to the sheer amount of wriggling and crying due to CPAP discomfort), he is up to 24ccs of milk every 3 hours. He has been going between 35-40% O2 on the CPAP and once he’s comfortable at 30% (ish) they’ll try moving him to the cannula. He Desatts when he moves, but it’s hard to tell if he’s just messing with the monitor or if he’s actually Desatting, so they’re being cautious.
Tonight Jack FINALLY gets to meet his benefactor, Christina Lindberg. It will be a very big evening for him, we may even break out the special polka-dot blanket.
I am sure we’ll have pictures of the event.
what’s the cannula?
Awesome news! keep on improving, mr. preemie king.
CRT
Cry Jack cry!!! Good to hear.
Love,
Lisa and JD
I’m excited for the day that noise is as mundane & annoying to you as our kids’ cries are to us!! : P And one question I’ve been mulling — why would pushing feedings too fast cause liquid in the lungs? Is it because he can aspirate the milk? Or something else?