Alice was off the CPAP from 9:00am to 3:00pm on Sunday. At 3pm she was put on the low flow until 3:00am. She was having too many dips so was put back on the CPAP. It was just too soon for her to be off the CPAP full-time, which also meant that the low flow full-time wouldn't be a smart move either.
So on Monday it was decided she could be off the CPAP for cuddles and then back on. We got our hopes up on Sunday that she would be moving forward and she still needs to get her breathing finessed before moving forward. Kind of disappointing.
Today we got some written orders as to what the plans are. Alice will be off the CPAP for 3 hours in the morning and 1 hour on night shift. She'll stay on the CPAP until Monday, December 21st and then we'll evaluate her status. Perhaps over the next week thought (if she does well) they will extend her 3 hours to 4, then 5 and see how she does.
Besides the breathing, she is doing really well. Her weight is around 2200 grams (almost 5 pounds). Her age now is 35 weeks plus one day. So she's doing well. Because of her size she will no longer fit any "preemie" clothes. We are dressing her in clothes the hospital provides - less laundry for us to have to do at home, and she's swaddled in a receiving blanket so no-one sees what she's wearing anyway.
Scott had a great cuddle with her this morning, and luckily she was wearing a diaper as she had a HUGE poo-nami!
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