Sleeping Soundly

Tonight Brody was sleeping so soundly. In my arms I might add, which means I will sleep soundly too. Somehow I feel complete with him in my arms and going to dreamland will be a little easier with the memory of how he feels so prevalent.

He did have an apnea spell while we visited and a big desaturation spell too. Not fun for anyone. His feeds have been bumped to 25cc. He is doing well with it except for the occasional spit up. He may have acid reflux or it may be because of the CPAP blowing air in his belly. Tomorrow we are removing the CPAP and trying the blended nasal cannula. He tried the cannula twice last week and said he wasn't ready for it. I feel good about trying it tomorrow, I think he is ready. The apnea spells he has had recently have been during a feeding so without the CPAP and the extra air I believe his apnea spells will be better too. Now this is mommy intuition, I have not earned my nursing degree the 4 weeks we have been in the NICU (although I have learned alot) And did you catch I said 4 weeks? Yep! Brody is 4 weeks old today. We are 6-8 weeks away from coming home. I can't wait for him to live with his mommy, daddy, and Maddy.