NICU Day 39 Stacy and her mom went to see James today. Stacy said that he turned his head towards her when she approached the crib and said, “hello buddy”. She said that he seemed to be awake most of the day with his eyes open and his mouth closed.…
NICU Day 37 Lazy Sunday in the NICU. Not much happened today besides hanging out with James. We’re still waiting on the pH probe results. I guess they haven’t been read yet. Hopefully tomorrow. NICU Day 38 James is up to 80 ml of breastmilk. An ENT came…
One of the NICU doctors said we should have a meeting on Tuesday of next week and hopefully have G-tube surgery shortly after that. He said that there is no rush on having this surgery. James was put back on Pepcid and Reglan for reflux and GI. The NICU nurse…
James was sating in the low 60s for about half an hour this morning. He had 3 desatting spells and they used a bit of air flow to pick him back up. He wasn’t taking enough big breaths to fill his lungs with oxygen. They eventually took the NJ-tube out…
The probe for the esophageal pH test was placed at noon today and will be taken out at noon tomorrow. Now I really feel bad for the kid. Instead of two tubes shoved down his nose, he now has three! They will go over the results by the…