Arlyn had a good night overnight she needed a little bit more oxygen support overnight and was positioned prone to aid in her breathing but this morning we were able to wean back to 4L (40%) from 10 L where we started. Our hopes are that she will be able to wean today down to 2 L although her chest x ray this morning showed that she was quite consolidated on the left side. The goal for the day is to do aggressive check PT and reposition. Staying in tune with that I was able to do skin to skin for the first time! It was quite enjoyable for me to be able to just snuggle her for about an hour this morning. Arlyn was able to get her right atrial line removed and although her chest tube turned back to pink from serous she is now free from the line. Arlyn is getting an ECHO right now to see how the function of her heart does. Her lab work looks great her lactate that was elevated to 2.7 yesterday is down to 1.7 today. She has started to take her little pacifier much better today and really seems like she is hungry so we are hoping after the oxygen is weaned down she will start to eat. The nurses will be placing a dobhoff tube after the ECHO so trickle feeds can be started. So far a very busy and productive day for Arlyn. So excited to see how far we get today!
Sleeping on my belly
Cupping
My first Skin to Skin
All done with cupping and quite upset in this moment
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