Aerin's feedings and weight are both increasing. She's up to 14 cc's today and she'll go up to 16 cc's tomorrow morning. As of this morning, she weighs 1 pound, 15.7 ounces. We're so close to 2 pounds.
If she continues to tolerate her feedings as well as she has been, she won't need a PIC or a PIV line. Those are used to deliver nutrients and she's getting all she needs from my milk. Those lines can be sources of infection, so we're very pleased. Since she's getting so much milk and she's so little, she gets it over the course of an hour. She gets a binky during her feedings (if she wants it) so that she can learn to associate sucking with filling her tummy. She's very good at sucking, which bodes well for the time when she'll be able to nurse. That won't be for another month or so. Nursing involves sucking, swallowing, and breathing at the same time, which is too much for a young preemie.
She's down to 2 liters on the Vapotherm, which is extremely low. She's back on the biliblanket, but since she gets to be in a snuggli, she doesn't mind.
If she continues to tolerate her feedings as well as she has been, she won't need a PIC or a PIV line. Those are used to deliver nutrients and she's getting all she needs from my milk. Those lines can be sources of infection, so we're very pleased. Since she's getting so much milk and she's so little, she gets it over the course of an hour. She gets a binky during her feedings (if she wants it) so that she can learn to associate sucking with filling her tummy. She's very good at sucking, which bodes well for the time when she'll be able to nurse. That won't be for another month or so. Nursing involves sucking, swallowing, and breathing at the same time, which is too much for a young preemie.
She's down to 2 liters on the Vapotherm, which is extremely low. She's back on the biliblanket, but since she gets to be in a snuggli, she doesn't mind.
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