Progress

Taylor's cannula was removed Saturday morning. We had been talking with the doctor about it and Michelle made the comment that she didn't think Taylor really needed it anymore. The doctor said "okay, let's try it without it". She did fantastic! They removed the equipment from the room yesterday. We waved goodbye and smiled. In fact she's done much better off of it than she did the 2 previous days on it. Her bradies have reduced and her sat levels have been great!

She has also started feeding by the breast. She's taken over 1/3 and over 1/2 of a couple of her meals, and hopefully will continue to improve on it. Her feeding tube has been moved to her nose and that did seem to help her latch on better. Anyway, we are real happy with her progress.

She still is fighting constipation and unfortunately had some more blood in her stool last night. They will continue to monitor that and keep her off the extra iron. Her labs came back today and it appears that she is starting to increase her red blood cell count, so the extra iron may not be needed anymore anyway. She gained 3 oz Friday! That was a bit much. She didn't gain anything Saturday, but did again yesterday. 4pds 4oz!