Ava is 10 days old today on her big brother's birthday! It sure feels like she has been around a lot longer than that, but time tends to drag in the NICU.
Ava has been doing well after her surgery but she is still on the ventilator. This was my biggest concern about the surgery and it is VERY hard for me to see her like that. She hates the vent tube and will gag and cry, it is truly heartbreaking to watch. Hearing your baby cry is hard, but watching your baby cry when no sound is coming out is unbearable. The doctor weaned her ventilator settings and she is tolerating that fine, so we just need to be able to continue to wean her so she can be extubated. Her feeds have been increased to 6ml every three hours. She tolerates it sometimes and doesn't other times. That will just take time. Otherwise she is doing fine, we just REALLY need to get her to start breathing all the time.
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Awe ;) She sounds like she is doing so well though girl! I am so pleased to see the progress she is making with the feedings! Prayers she can come off vent soon! That has to be heartbreaking to see ((HUG)) loves girlie!
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