Sarah Continues To Put On the Ounces

Sarah continues to eat very well (by digesting through a feeding tube) and is now just a few grams shy of 3 pounds. Earlier this week Sarah started to get stressed breathing on her own, so the doctors put a CPAP mask back on her in order to push air into her lungs. The oxygen being pushed is at the same level as room air, but the pushing of the air just helps Sarah's under-developed lungs and allows her to conserve more energy for growing. Although we can't hold Sarah with the CPAP mask on, the nurse can hook up a nostril air tube for an hour or two so we can hold Sarah without making her work too hard to breath. If Sarah continues to digest the milk well over the next few days, she will probably go completely away from the nutrients in the IV line.