Well, after 5 great days we have hit a little snag. Natalie had a rough day today with a number of desats and low heart rates. She hasn't been peeing well and seemed quite lethargic when we were there this evening. We left about 8:45pm, and around 9:30 the hospital called to tell us they had taken Natalie off the CPAP and put her back on the vent. We weren't terribly surprised. The good news is that she was doing much better on the vent. We are disappointed that she had to take a step back but really happy she lasted as long as she did on the CPAP - about 9 days! The far surpasses her previous record of 24-36 hours. A chest x-ray revealed she was a little wet in the lungs so they will probably increase her laxis and fluids and whatever else makes her pee. Hopefully, she will feel better after a night of rest.
Abby is still doing quite well and desating rarely. When she does it's usually just in in the low 80's, then she comes back up. She is tolerating being touched much more than before. It doesn't seem to bother her much at all. Yesterday, she did a funny thing and almost "crawled" out of her nest. She was nearly sideways. Her legs stayed put but her upper body went right. I took a picture and I'll try to post it soon. I have a number of pictures to post so be patient.
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