Weaning the oxygen

In daddy's hands.

Nursing session

Ciara is doing well today weighing in at 2lb 8oz. She is still on high flow nasal cannula 24 hours a day. She has been doing so well on 5 liters that they are slowly weaning her oxygen down. She was down to 3.5 liters today and they will decrease it .5 everyday as long as she keeps doing well. If she hits a spot where she needs more oxygen they will stop for a bit and let her body rest. I breastfed her again today and she did quite well. She was wide awake and nursed for about 10 minutes. Not continuously of course, but she kept latching back on. They are also going to start slowly weaning her off of some of her medications. They stopped her diuretic and they will carefully watch her weight to make sure she is not retaining fluid. After she was finished nursing today she kept choking and she would stop breathing. She did this a couple of times and then I called the nurse in. They believe she was refluxing and said it is very common among preemies. If it continues to bother her she may have to be started on some reflux medication. Unfortunately we are very familiar with these medicines because Aaliyah was on every single one of them. It took the doctors a long time to find the right ones for her. I know that it is in God's hands and he will take care of our precious angel. Hopefully, if they do have to put her on medication, they can find the right one for her. My milk production has been much better since I have been allowed to nurse and I am very thankful for that. Please continue to pray for our little girl.