Little Chubster

Lauren has been doing pretty well and has been moved from the high flow oxygen to just a nasal cannula. If she does need to come home on oxygen this is the type it will be. We are still pretty much expecting her to come home with oxygen...but maybe she will surprise us. She is still having some episodes of apnea/bradycardia. Usually a couple for day shift and a couple for night shift. She just finished her immunizations this week and had her eye exam yesterday so those things may have contributed to her spells.

As for Lauren's eye exam yesterday, they found both eyes to be @ stage 2 ROP. Dr. Kaempf said that if stage 2 is all she ends up with that he will be very happy. The eye doctor said that both eyes are still in "early" stage 2 and that she is hopeful they will not worsen and will heal on their own. She will have another exam next Tuesday, so keep your fingers crossed that nothing will have worsened.

Bottle feeding is going okay. She gets tired out during some of her feeds and still needs to have the NG tube put in. She has to be able to take 100% of her bottle feeds in order to come home.

Speaking of coming home, Dr. Kaempf said he thinks 1-2 more weeks and she should be discharged!! Hopefully her bottle feeding will improve so she will be able to come home. All that feeding is hard work! We continue to be so proud of Lauren and how far she has come.

Last nights weight...drum roll please...5lbs 7oz!!