Olivia was successfully extubated today. It took a little bit of time to get her comfortable with her new apparatus, but she got the hang of it. We also had a little scare in the beginning with the machine that reads her CO2. It was showing way high. Luckily the gas test showed that it was way off and her CO2 was in her normal range. She is doing better with this transition than the last attempt, so we are still hopeful that she will not need to be intubated again. She is at a higher level of pressure on the bubbler, so the next steps would be to lessen the pressure, but that all depends on her, how much oxygen support she is needing, and her CO2 levels. But one step at a time. We want to first surpass 48 hrs off the vent. The one drawback of the CPAP is that you can’t really see her face but here is our little fighter:

It took us a long time to find any night primaries. Our first night nurse primary spotlight is Jessica. Jeremy likes to call her Reese Witherspoon. She is so sweet, there is no way you couldn’t love her. It was easy for us to ask her to be a primary and we are so thankful she said yes. Since it is Christmas time she loves wearing different Christmas socks every night she works. So it is fun to see what ones she is rocking. She is the mama to sweet a boy. And we found out she is a fan of Bobby Bones, one of my favorite radio hosts. A fan of Bobby Bones is a friend of mine 🙂

Lil’ Liv’s Numbers:

• Age: 75 days
• Gestation: 36 weeks + 2
• Weight: 4lbs and 4oz