No way Jose!
Hello all.
Serena has made it a habit lately to pull out her cannula. She is only at 100ccs and has made a point to pull out her cannula a few times a day. I've watched her sats for awhile now (5-10 minutes here and there) and she is holding her own. Well yesterday she pulled it off and I watched her for an hour. Her sats barely moved from 100%, although one time she was kicking around and it read 95 for a second but even the heartrate wasn't picking up and when it did she immediately went back to 100%, so I barely count the 95 dip. Anyway I called the pulmonologist in between this hour, but he was seeing patients and didn't get back to me. I put her cannula back in becasue she began to fall asleep. He called me back this morning and told me since she mastered the hour, she can now go one hour without O2 every day for a week. The following week 2 hours, and then 4, 6, 8, etc as tolerated. She only has to maintain sats above 93% so I know she'll be a star and do well!
Edwin is also doing well, and now we can wean him by 50ccs weekly as opposed to every other week. He goes to 300ccs tomorrow, and once he gets to 100ccs like his sis, he can begin to spend time off too! We are so happy for them!
They had their last RSV shot today! Serena weighed 10 pounds 10 ounces!!! Edwin weighed 11 pounds 2 1/2 ounces! They are getting so big!
In other news, we are going to go to the March of Dimes walk for prematurity and will walk with the NICU team this year. We owe so much to the NICU and this year we will walk with them. Next year, we will walk under Team Serena and Edwin. I am very excited...it's suppose to be gorgeous out! :)
All in all everything is going well. Champ is so vocal and Serena is trying too. They are both doing great with tummy time, and are so much more active and awake for longer periods of time. They are very social and we are having a blast with them.
In Mommy news, I have been back to work since Tuesday (24 hours a week...~5 hours a day). It's going well, and even though I miss Beanie and Champ like crazy, I think I handled the transition back very well. Edwin Sr has been a HUGE help staying home when needed! Thanks love!
One more thing, I spoke with the Dean today about law school to verify they had swtiched me to the part time program. That was all set, but he went on to tell me (without my even bringing it up)that normally students lose their academic scholarships when they defer, but that they decided to give me my merit scholarship anyway! I was so excited...that's $8,000 a year! Thank you law school!!!!!
Tio Wandy and Champ
Daddy cut his curls off and Mommy cried when she saw :( Now they all have the same hairdoo!
3 comments:
What a great post! Those pictures are adorable. Congrats on all of the new baby developments and the scholarship!
Happy Weekend!
Stephanie
Great to hear that you are all doing so well.
The oxygen weaning news is FABULOUS. You guys are moving so quickly and making such progress; I am so proud of you and the kids. My experience with Hallie is that she let us know when she didn't need the O2 anymore by pulling it off CONSTANTLY. I think Serena read the same manual that Hallie did! And the eating and weight; man, I'm jealous. Hallie is already 6 months corrected and is just around 15 pounds. At the rate Beanie and Champ are going, they'll be able to take her down any day now!
And, finally, it's great news about the law school fellowship. They are so hard to get and I'm glad that the school had the sanity and compassion to let you keep yours.
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