We walked in and I ALWAYS check the board for Avery's last name to make sure she is still where she always is, and tonight was no different. We scrubbed in and headed to room 3 and back to our little corner. Only tonight when we got there i started to panic because i didn't see an isolette where Avery is. Then i looked a little closer and felt relief because AVERY GRADUATED!! She graduated from an isolette to an open air crib and is holding her temp just fine! When i saw her swaddled laying in her big girl crib i couldn't help but cry. I was so happy and proud of Avery, my dreams of her coming home by Christmas could possibly be a reality the way she is going right now.
Avery took 20mL (half of her feeding) by mouth at her 5pm feed, then we were there for her 8pm feed and the night nurse said we could try again to mouth feed but she probably wouldn't take any because she had to work for her last feeding. Well i held her and sure enough she started to suck on the bottle. She took another 20mL for her 8pm feed!!! So 2 feeds in a row she took half of her entire feed by mouth, that is a HUGE step.
Today they weaned her down to 1L of oxygen and then tonight they weaned her down again to 1/2L. The ONLY desat she had was while i was feeding her at 8pm, she had a minor suck apnea desat and it only lasted 30seconds!
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