The doctors have made a couple of changes to Erin's treatment. First, her oxygen content has been cut to 50%. Last week, they cut the amount of flow but not the oxygen level in the flow. This week, they dropped the oxygen level. She seems to be handling it well, but time will tell.
In addition, she is now back on unrestricted feeds. She can eat what she wants whenever she wants. At 3 pm, the little porker ate 115 cc's! Afterwards, she just wanted to hang out as opposed to going back to sleep. She was active and alert for about an hour, just checking out everything around her. She reacts to voices, and shows strong developmental signs.
I hate getting our hopes up. We were told today that most likely, if things go well, we have at least another week. As a result, we have scheduled our required CPR training, as well as our required child car seat testing. The hospital really puts parents through a battery of testing and education before they will discharge a child. Seems like a great idea. One of the positives in being here is that we have collected so much valuable information about taking care of a baby from the nurses. They are a wealth of knowledge, and eager to share it.
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