Our day yesterday was a little frustrating because the nurse was a little scattered with 3-4 babies to care for so she only watched the monitor. So, when he did what he had always done, she got a little too concerned. Shiloh has always had a little oxygen desaturation as he wakes up and shortly after he eats, and since he only sleeps and eats, he has desaturation frequently. Well, the nurse was concerned about it because she believed it was showing what was really happening as the caffeine he was on left his system. She refused to listen to the fact that he had always done this. To top it off, her theory made no sense because caffeine has a 6 hour half life. The small dose that had been given to him Saturday morning would not still be in his system. But she postponed the car seat test because of this.
When the Physician Assistant visited, she looked at the entire situation. She saw he was desatting, but she also saw he was a little uncomfortable and had spit up. She diagnosed him with relfux that we had been saying was an issue all along. They have placed him on prevacid, and we have been told we should be seeing results shortly.
The 3rd floor comes with some changes. Carrie at least can room in. We haven't seen the rooms or asked about me, but we will find out today. Shift change takes less time which means we have more time in with Shiloh. Shiloh can now have healthy adult visitors who are not on the list as long as they are accompanied by one of us. We have not talked with the doctor, but we are assuming we are still on course for 5 days as long as he has no apnea and the reflux can be controlled.
Our prayer requests:
- Lungs continue to develop
- No apnea episodes
- Reflux can be controlled
- Passes the tests to come home
- He gain weight on his own
- Maintain his temperature
- He continue to get better at breastfeeding
- Finances & Travel
There was one other reason Carrie wanted to come home - finish the nursery. So, included in these pics are nursery pics:
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