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Breathing, oxygen & monitors
Oxygen, Vapotherm, apnea, heart-rate dips, and the beeping monitors that came with them all show up in these posts. We wrote about what the alarms meant to us and how scary they could be.
one whole hand old today!
At five days old, an ultrasound shows the hole in Brady's heart has closed, and her doctor lowers her Vapotherm and calls her "great."
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One Week Old
At one week, Brady comes off the jaundice light and her oxygen, gives us a smile, and Erik goes back to work.
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yet another day in the NICU
After two weeks of good news, Brady's heart rate starts dipping and a limb swells, but we learn we can hold her tomorrow; she's 1 lb 8 oz.
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Wonderful Day
Nearly two weeks after Brady's birth, Nikkie holds her skin to skin for the first time, for an hour, while the monitor still flashes.
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Big Girl Now
Brady wears her first clothes and gets her first bottle from Nikkie, but her oxygen dips while she's held and she needs a mask.
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Update on Weight and Stuff
After a scary night, Nikkie calls at 8 a.m.: most of Brady's oxygen dips corrected on their own, and she's gained an ounce to 2 lb 6 oz.
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beep free day :)
Four people hold Brady, including both grandmothers for the first time, without one monitor alarm, and she drinks 10 cc from a bottle.
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Good days and Bad days
After a great night at 2 lb 9 oz, Brady goes back on oxygen and turns blue during a feeding, and Nikkie calls it the worst moment of her life.
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better news
Brady responds to her medicine; she's back in the critical section on Vapotherm until she's weaned, and we can finally sleep a little.
Getting better
Nikkie explains Brady's skin infection, cellulitis, which caused her breathing trouble; she's improving after what we call the worst days of our lives.
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Just a Short Update
Brady is off antibiotics and back in the intermediate area, and a specialist is coming to help with bottles that sometimes turn her blue.
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2 pounds gained!
Eight weeks in, Brady weighs 3 lb 5 oz, is off all breathing support, and is still learning to breathe and swallow with the bottle.
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Another Update
At two months Brady weighs 3 lb 15.9 oz, so we round up to 4, but her vaccinations bring apnea and put her back on oxygen.
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2 steps forward and .9 ounces back
Brady loses 0.9 ounces after her shots and her first week in an open crib, but she comes off oxygen and drinks about half of each bottle.
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home sweet home
We room in overnight, learn infant CPR and Brady's heart monitor, then bring her home to little sleep, a fussy eater, and a baby who wants holding.
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she weighs how much?
Brady weighs 13 lb 10 oz at her RSV shot, comes off her apnea monitor after no episodes at home, and may start going to church in March.
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