First of all, we want to wish a VERY happy 60th birthday to a VERY special Grandma today! We love you so much and are grateful for all you do for us! She had a fun weekend surprise trip capped off by a nice family lunch today at Red Lobster. We wish Reese could have been there too!
This weekend has been hard for us. Reese is doing so well and looks so healthy, but Friday night and Sat. she had several "episodes" where she would desat, which means her oxygen level would dip because her breathing was shallow or slow. The doctors want her to be safe before she goes home (which we do too, of course), so they did a 12-hour sleep study on her last night to try to gather more data. Basically they hooked her up to another machine besides her monitor that records her breathing in more detail.
We are still waiting for the doctors to round today, so we don't know the results of that study. If it shows that her breathing patterns are still immature, she might have to be on caffeine to stimulate her to breathe or possibly go home on a monitor so that it alerts us if her oxygen gets too low.
They did a CBC (blood test) to rule out any underlying cause for her episodes, and that came back clear this morning. So it's probably just a result of her prematurity and something she will have to outgrow. We hope she does so quickly!
Harper has been up here with us this weekend and spent some time with each of her aunts, uncles, and cousins at some point while Mom and Dad were at the hospital. Thanks guys!! We are picking her up at Tim and Joni's on the way home tonight.
I will sleep at home and come back in the morning, and Jason is working again this week. We are trying to get Harper back into a routine as much as possible, but it's hard when I'm not there and Jason works long hours.
We will keep you updated as best we can--sometimes it's hard to find enough time in the day between feedings, visitors, etc :) I can't imagine what it will be like at home, but I can't wait.
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