Adelina had a bit of a rough night with a lot of clustering episodes and drifts (these are nice ways to say that she doesn't breathe and her heart rate drops). She was put back on the cannula and seemed a little more stable at 21% and 1.0 pressure.Around 5pm the cannula was put up to 23% after a day of too many red lights & alarms. My visit w/ her was aging me a bit with a couple big Bradys... so I'm glad she's back to comfort. At least her nose got a little break from the cannula. She's very pale, but her hemoglobin from this morning signaled that she should be able to make red blood cells on her own and not need a transfusion. The anemia may have something to do with the sudden increase in drifts/episodes. Otherwise, all of her blood tests were fine.
This morning, she weighed in at 2lb 14oz (up 3oz, but that's not so great)... she was a little swollen from fluid retention and blood pressure was high, so they gave her some lasix (a drug which acts on the kidneys to promote water and salt loss used to treat heart failure, fluid overload and chronic lung disease).
Adelina started listening to Hulk Hogan and is now taking vitamins w/ her feedings (up to 34ml of the formula/hind milk/lipid mix over 1hour). We're still up for tomorrow's move to the other nursery... we saw Kate Marino this morning during her car seat test... she looked good and ready to give up her spot. Thanks Kate!
Gianna says "there's room for one more Addy, please come home soon"!!!!
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