Week Nine: November 16-22

Monday: Maddie is eight weeks old today. She has grown 1/4 of an inch. She is up to 14 1/4 inches. Her weight is at 2 pounds 12 ounces. She is almost back to full feeds, which is helping her weight can. Her nitricoxide is going down by five. She should be completely off of it December 3rd.

Tuesday: Maddie is back to full feeds. She is getting 19 mL a feeding with 24 extra calories.
*I got to hold her yesterday. She did well for a half hour before she started to destat, but the good new is she recovered really quickly. She then had episodes eleven times during the night. The RN thinks it is because they have discontinued her theofline.
*Her FIO2 level is sitting at 25% because of the steroids, but they don't think that low setting is worth the apnea spells.
*She gained 20 grams, but it did not move her up to the next ounce.

Wednesday: They found Maddie had a collapsed lung yesterday. They changed some medication around, and hopefully it will remedy the situation.
*She stayed the same weight.
*She had a pretty good night. They didn't tell us of any apnea spells.

Thursday: Maddie lost the 20 grams she gained on Tuesday.
*She had one apnea spell during the night.
*Her lung is looking a lot better. The medications are working, and things are going well.
*They did a head ultrasound to check the suspicious spots I mentioned last week. We will know the results tomorrow.

Friday: The results of the head ultrasound are in. There is a small, suspicious spot on her brain, and they will do a follow-up MRI at term. They said it is small enough that is should not cause any problems with C.P. or M.R.
*Her weight stayed the same. They have increased her calories to 27.
*She is down on her Nitriceoxide. She is at 5 now. She will be completely off on the third.
*Jeremy and I have had colds the last couple of days and have not been able to see her. Hopefully come Sunday we will be fine and will be able to hold her.

Saturday: No changes.

Sunday: No changes.