Friday, May 28, 2010

quick rounds

When you have a little one in the Rcnic you can tell how well your baby is doing by how quick rounds are. For those of you unfamiliar with what rounds are...they are when the doctors, nurses, nutritionists etc... gather around the patients bedside and talk about how the patient is doing. They discuss the patients vitals, test results if any, blood gas numbers, what to change, what tests the patient needs in the future just to name a few. When the patient is not doing great the rounds on the patient can be a little time consuming when the patient is doing well as Sophia is they can be really quick. Almost so quick that it feels awkward because it seems like there should be more to say...but there isn't. Today the only change was to the medicine that helps transition her off her pain meds. They lowered it. They also had her get her two months shots, which she did very good with. The feeds remained the same at 1ml up per 6 hours. Other then that there was not much else for the doctors to say. Today the tastes went well, Sophia sucked on a nipple a little and had about seven to ten little sips (drops). Every time I go in and she is awake I am to work on tastes with her. If she keeps showing interest she might be able to take a small volume by mouth soon.





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