8/9/09 & 8/10/09

Brianna came off of her ventilator on saturday 8/9/09 and was put on the c-pap machine she did great for 12 hrs but then got tired and had to go back on her ventilator. The nurses warned me ahead of time that 95% of the time this happens at least once if not a couple times because babies this small just get tired. Part of the problem was also that Brianna is so active she kept pulling the oxygen out of her nose and refused to leave it alone. Her settings on her vent are very low she is at 19 breaths a minute and on less than 20% oxygen so she is doing most of her breathing on her own. She lost a little bit of weight on Saturday but Sunday her weight remained the same she is at 1 lb 9 oz. She is on max feeds for her size so she is taking 9 ml every 2 hrs and handling it very well.