Tonight (6/26), Jeff and I went in together. Emily was Henry's nurse. She weighed him at 1130 grams. She said that she weighed him a few times just to make sure. That's a 50 gram increase. Given that it was a non-Lasix day and Henry's output was low, some of that is most likely fluid retention that will be released tomorrow. We had to wait awhile for the NICU's one recliner to become available. During that time, Henry's heartrate dipped below 100 but Jeff talked him out of it. A little while later, Henry did have a brady. Emily reported that Carol had mentioned that he'd been doing some sat surfing. The nurses have been instructed to wean Henry off the oxygen, so they aren't inclined to turn up the oxygen levels if Henry can recover on his own.Jeff did skin-to-skin again with Henry. His surfing was less pronounced when he was on Jeff's chest. One of Henry's podmates, Julissa, is going home tomorrow. Her mom and Emily were giving her a bath while Jeff and Henry were kangarooing. I took some pictures of Julissa and her mom, which Jeff printed out when we got home. I'll take them into the NICU tomorrow before Julissa checks out. Henry's other podmate, Angel, went home today. So there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The NICU's current census is 24 babies. There's already a new baby in the slot that Angel formerly resided in.
After kangaroo care, Jeff and I changed Henry's diaper. Emily aspirated his stomach. It had 4 mls of milk in it, which is OK. It had about 1 ml of air in it too.
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