Lowest Desats I've Seen

On Saturday night, Emily was Henry's nurse again. Jeff visited Henry without me. I think that they may have done kangaroo care. Emily weighed Henry at 1880 grams.

On Sunday morning, Joyce was Henry's nurse. Grandpa Kenski held Henry in the morning for over an hour. When I arrived, Joyce had Henry down to .05 liters of flow at 30% (I think). I nursed Henry at 11AM and 2PM. He did really well. My mom came around lunch time, so that I could slip downstairs and get a quick bite to eat before Henry's 2PM feed. He was hungry again by 3:30, so I broke the feeding schedule and nursed him again. Kathy came on duty at 3PM. At 5:55PM, Henry started stirring again. So, I nursed him about 5 minutes just to calm him down, as I was headed out the door to my parents' place for a little get together for Jeff's birthday and Carolyn's going away to vet school celebrations. Kathy put on a full feed for him at 6:30 or 6:45PM.

In my absence, Henry had a brady for about 45 seconds that included a drop down to 42 beats per minute and sats down to 39%.

Kathy weighed Henry at 1885 grams. His head circumference grew 1 cm over the week, and his length increased by 1.5 cm.

When I arrived at 9:15PM, Henry was beginning to stir. I started nursing him at 9:45PM, he kept pretending like he was going to latch, but he wouldn't. Then, around 10:15-10:30, I guess he must have gotten something b/c he had yet another brady, this one last a minute and dropped his sats down to 42%. Kathy got him a feeding tube together.

Holly came on duty around 11PM.

The doctors ordered a crit test, but no metabolic labs for the morning. I talked with Moe about that because he's alkalai phosporous (???) was several times too high the past few weeks, and without as many feeds through the NG tube, Henry's not getting the fortification. She was going to ask Dr. Wispe about it this morning.

I stayed watch over him until 3:30AM. Came home. Slept a couple hours. I called into the NICU. Karen is Henry's nurse today. She said that he didn't have any more bradys since I had left. Holly reported to her that Henry's crit levels were up to 28 (meaning that his body is making red blood cells).

And the cycle begins anew...