I wanted to remind everyone that the birthmark on Sarah's little forehead will go away. People have been asking about it. Don't worry! The nurses tell us that these marks are common and always go away by the time the babies turn two, usually much sooner.
Sarah had a very rough day yesterday, poor little girl. She was doing fine all day until early afternoon, and she started having some minor troubles breathing. Dr. Banks ordered an x-ray, which showed that Sarah had a little cloudiness in one of her lungs. This is VERY COMMON among preemies, so please, stop worrying before you start. When her little tummy gets full, some of the milk comes back up and goes into the lungs. They have started an IV to continue to give her nutrition, and stopped feeding her through the tube. But, she still gained 20 grams last night, and is up to 1430 grams. They also stopped bottle-feeding her, but she may start nippling again today or tomorrow, if everything goes well.
Sarah has switched back from the nasal cannula to the vapotherm machine, but it should be very temporary. She should be off the vapotherm within a day or so. She is also on some antibiotics just to be safe.
After her rough day yesterday, Sarah had a great night, with no alarms, bradys, or apnias. She was a little fuzzy early on, but settled down and slept peacefully from about 1 a.m. on. Her feedings resumed through the feeding tube at 10 mL at 2 a.m., which Sarah was happy to accept.
Nurse Richelle (not Rochelle as I previously misspelled it) has been assigned as the primary nurse on another tiny baby, which means she won't get Sarah anymore. That makes Sarah sad, because Richelle took such good care of Sarah when she had her broken leg. But the other baby needs Richelle's expertise more than Sarah does, which, in the grand scheme, is a good thing!
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G_D BLESS YOU, SARAH!...this is just a little hurdle to get over...take care.
EM
Sarah will be just fine, everyone is praying and rooting for her! We love baby Sarah!
We continue to pray for Sarah and are ever amazed at how strong and determined she is! Despite the little hurdles, she is as strong a fighter as I have ever heard of!
Roger and Erika, your love is what keeps her going. Our love helps keeps you going.
Love, Grandma and Grandpa
Well I guess Nurse Richelle did such a good job getting Sarah healthy that shes on high demand. Hope she helps the other baby get big and strong just like Sarah! Feel good kiddo!
Wow it sounds like Sarah is doing well. I know it is a bunch of ups and downs. I like the ups better!!! I did not know the info about the birth mark thing. Thank you for sharing. Sophie has one on her forehead and I was wondering about it. Interesting. I can't believe that I should be in the hospital having them now. It is crazy. I am so happy that they are home and that things are going well.
I can't believe that your baby is over 3 lbs! How great is that!?!?!? So awesome! You must be so proud of your little angel. It is so hard to go back and forth to the hospital all the time and I know that you will be so happy when you bring your baby home. You have been through so much and I wish you continued well being.
it was so nice seeing Sarah's mommy this week - now i can't wait to see Sarah (fine, and her daddy too...)
keep up the good work Sarah!
I have been sending all my prayers to Sarah and her parents today. She is such a beautiful little girl. It is such a wonderful treat to check up on Sarah's progress every day. Thank you for letting us share in your joy :) . Jordan, Diane, Ashley, and Aidan send all our love!
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