On Sunday Maria gained 70 grams...that's almost 3 full ounces!! This morning her weight remained the same, which is just fine with us. We don't want her to gain too quickly!
This weekend Maria began sprinting again, but very slowly. She is only allowed to wear her nasal cannula for 3 hours a day. She still alarms more often on the cannula, however, her alarm numbers are still pretty average for her age. The doctors tell us that any baby who is born under 36 weeks is routinely monitored for A's and B's in the NICU. This fact helps us to keep the number of her alarms in perspective. She is only 32 weeks.
Dr. Coppola put Maria back on her caffeine. Maria was taking quite shallow breaths, and Dr. Coppola wants her to breathe more deeply. We'll see how the caffeine affects her weight gain. We experienced for the first time this weekend how differently Maria's physicians practice. It's kind of a frustrating feeling. Dr. Coppola wants her to breath deeper, Dr. Balsan wants her to gain, gain, gain more weight. Balsan will be back tonight, and so we'll see what he does with her caffeine.
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