Lincoln was born with a rare diaphragm defect known as right-sided Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) on May 26th, 2011. We were told that Lincoln had little more than 50% chance of survival. Linc fought hard for his life in the beginning, coming very close to losing his life. After 83 days in the NICU, Lincoln came home to us. He remains strong and stubborn, and is now a happy, healthy one year old. This blog documents his life.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Os 0.4
Lincoln's oxygen is at 0.4 liters this morning! He's doing great with breathing so I went ahead and weaned this morning, although Linc has not been drinking his bottles well. I think it is totally due to his medicine changes last week (stopping Prevacid and starting Pulmicort). Linc has been very active and not been acting too tired to drink. He just seems not very interested/hungry. His doctor is aware of the drop in his volume intake and I am going to speak to Lincoln's nutritionist about his minimum caloric needs. We are giving him a few days to adjust before making any changes. If he drinks even less with this oxygen wean, I can always turn him back up. Hopefully he gets hungry soon.
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