Ava's gas this morning was 52 so they lowered her settings again to 35 breaths per minute. The nurse told me later this afternoon that Ava's tube is leaking air around it because it's getting too small. They are not going to change it because they are hoping to get her on CPAP very soon, maybe in a day or so. They don't want to change it yet because a bigger tube could hurt her throat and vocal cords. She even heard Ava cry around her tube. My baby! She knows that because the tube is leaking that she is on much less support than what she is getting so she is better than the stats say. When I held her today, most of the time she "satted" in upper 80s to 90% O2 and even hit 100% O2 saturation. Praise God - I have not seen that in awhile.
She can't breast feed on CPAP but they would "sprint" her to a cannula. "Sprinting" is when they put Ava on the cannula for an hour one or two times a day, then they would up her to 3 hours a day one or two times a day, then two times a day, then 6 hours a day to 9 hours a day until she is on the cannula. She would then be able to breast feed.
I believe she has two more doses (once a day for two days) of steroids left, but they always seem to change it.
Her gas this evening was 53 which they took so they could closely monitor her. She is now down to 30 breaths per minute. They will take another gas at 6am.
Praising God for these wonderful changes and hoping they will last long term...
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