Greetings.
Six weeks old! Yesterday was a celebration. Jonas and Elsa celebrated this milestone with yawns, stretches, and wide-eyed wonderment. Mari and I celebrated with cupcakes from a local shop in Tacoma.
Elsa continues to hold steady on her ventilator. The doctors want to have her build up confidence before any further weens and are holding her at 30 breathes per minute. This is a nice low rate...when she is at 20 bpm she is almost ready for a go at CPAP. Her feeds are going well and she is looking almost plump. She gave Mari a gift yesterday. Kangaroo Care part II! Mari was stoked and held her for over two hours.
Jonas is stable. He practiced on the CPAP for 24 hours before he was too tired and needed to return to his ventilator. This was a great first attempt as sometimes babies only last a few minutes or hours before needing to return. The doctors and nurses really wanted to console us at this step back on the ventilator but we were so proud of Jonas and how tough he is. Sometime this next week he will most likely give the CPAP another go. Jonas also restarted his feeds yesterday at noon. We are hopeful this goes well!
We continue our prayers of healing for Jonas and Elsa.
God Bless,
Dan & Mari & Elsa & Jonas
They are getting bigger and stronger looking in every picture..Thanks for the updates..Our prayers are with all of you.... Carol
ReplyDeleteWonderful growth steps. Thanks for sharing these huge movements forward. Medical advances are incredible! You have a front row seat in a profession that grows by the moment. And then you share it all with us. You folks are amazing! I get breathless, just reading your miraculous reports, each and every episode. Then the tears well up and I am, once again, right in the room with you. WOW! Thanks, Love, and prayers.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Unka Don and Delores
Ha-Jonas is waiving for the cameras! Hooray for the little joey! And before you blink an eye, Elsa will be bouncing soon, so get some rest, and keep chowing down you two!
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