Officially Off the Vent!!

Age: 8 weeks
Gestational Age: 31w5d
Weight: 2lbs 2oz

So today I went to the hospital and I had a wonderful surprise waiting for me!!!  They decided to remove Ava from the ventilator after 1 day on automode!  Her main doctor is on vacation so another doctor actually made the decision.  They placed her on a high-flow nasal cannula.  When I looked at her in the incubator she was smushing her face into her bed!  Finally freedom to move her head anyway she wants; she was enjoying it so much! I was so happy and had a smile from ear to ear!  Finally the day I've been waiting for for 8 weeks now!  Well this day and the day she can come home. 

You can tell Ava was happy cause her oxygen levels were in the mid to upper 90's all day.  The doctor that made the decision did tell me that we have to see how she does for a day...if she doesn't do good then she may have to put on CPAP or maybe even back to the ventilator again.  But so far so good and hopefully this post doesn't jinx it!

We've Reached 2 lbs!! And update

Age: 48 days
Gestational Age: 30w4d
Weight: 2lbs

Today we finally reached the 2lb mark!  She's 918 grams...up 100 grams from 2 nights ago (maybe cause she got blood today). 

Over the weekend we had a scare of NEC, but as of now the doctors are no longer worried about it.  They did stop her feeds to be safe and should restart them late Wed or Thur.  She also had to get more blood today. Since they were getting blood for labs so much over the weekend she was a little low. 

Sunday night she decided to pull her ET tube out (breathing tube).  The nurses decided to leave it out and see how she would handle it.  She did good for about an hour but it was too much work for her. She had such a stressful weekend with the NEC scare, otherwise I think she would have done better. They are still weaning her from the vent and hope that they will get her off of it soon. 

Other than that she's doing good!