NICU Day 5

After much debate and angsting over whether or not I was secretly sick or soon to be sick, I did go ahead and do Kangaroo care today.  Baby Girl and I spent an hour and a half quietly resting together.  I can't even express how much I miss having her inside me.  She was on 26% O2 at the time and she started high satting and had to go back down to room air (which means she liked it).  She snuggled down, ate her 2ml of fresh breast milk (I had pumped right before) and went to sleep.  She was a super happy girl.  While she received her breast milk, she sucked on her OG tube, Rachel said this was called cueing and is another special thing Baby Girl is doing.

Of course, on the way home, I started thinking maybe, I might feel some drainage.  By the time I got home, I'd worked myself into a state, and then when one more thing happened (someone sneezed or something) I totally freaked out and had a panic attack... fun times.  My nose is tingling, so I fear I may in fact have a cold.  I will probably skip visiting the NICU tomorrow.  

I'm holding onto the fact that I wore a mask and that she's taking a fresh batch of breast milk and hoping desperately that she doesn't get sick.

Height: 12 3/4 inches (32.385)

Weight: 1lb 10 oz (737 grams) down 20 grams from yesterday

(she'd actually gained 100 g yesterday and lost 20 today, which is still pretty awesome)

Pump Total: 426 ml (14.2 oz)

feedings steady at 2ml every 3 hours - no residuals between feeds

Kangaroo Care - 1.5 hours

May be off phototherapy tomorrow.  Bilirubin just over 2

CPAP 5, Back down on room air (21% O2)

PICC Line In

Night: Heather

Day: Rachel B