Tuesday, August 2, 2011

such a big girl!

Some big news today! Caley was switched to low-flow oxygen, and is now on a rate of only 25 cc (that's 0.025 liter, compared to the 0.5 liter she had been on), though it's 100 percent oxygen now instead of a mixture of air and oxygen. She's doing great so far.

We also worked with the occupational therapist some more on introducing bottles to Caley. When it still wasn't going so well, we asked about switching nipples. This afternoon, Nurse Kodi tried the new nipple, and Caley took 25 ml of formula in one sitting! Then she passed out. Eating is hard work when you're that little. But we know she can manage a bottle, and we'll keep working on it a little bit at a time.

And Aunt Shelley helped Mommy give Caley a bath today. We were very busy!


Despite all of Caley's amazing progress, we probably still have at least another month in the NICU. We'll keep on truckin', with all of your love and support.

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