Last night Jac took his cannulae out - and I left it that way. He was like that for an hour or so while he was out on me and his sats were just fine - in the mid to high 90s. I asked his nurse if we could leave the cannulae out and see how he did.
She left it out all night - he did pretty well but desatted a few times and the doctor asked that it be replaced this morning. He is still as 10 ccs / minute - barely anything. I am hoping that he will have it out by this time next week - he is getting so close. The doctor is being careful and that is good but I think he could handle it if given a little more time to adjust! Look at me - pushing to get rid of the cannulae after so long of being scared to have it changed! What a difference a month can make.
This morning at 9 am - after replacing Jac's cannulae and taping his NG tube down again I gave him a bottle. At first he wasn't interested and I had to work hard to look for his cues that he would take it. He was wide awake and looked ready but he just didn't want to open his mouth wide enough - and he kept on holding his tongue up to the roof of his mouth.
After we got started he took a bit - maybe 10 ml. And then he stopped - and we rested. I thought he was done and was trying to find a comfortable position for him. He kept on fussing and I thought perhaps he had a diaper (which he did a bit later in the session) but it turns out he was hungry and wanted more from the bottle. After we got started again he drank the rest of the bottle - another 16 ml!
In all he took 26 ml - and seemed confused when the bottle was empty and no more came out. I am so proud of him. This is the first time he has ever taken an entire bottle - the most we had ever gotten before this was 17 ml when Joseph fed him this past weekend.
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Do you realize that you just called 10ml from a bottle "a bit"? Jac has come so far!
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