I'm a Feeder/Grower Now!

Ashton is almost four pounds today and is having a pretty good day overall.  We still have the episodes, but she recovers on her own for the most part.  They went down on the flow on her nasal cannula to 1.5 and she has tolerated the change well so far.  She is currently around 24% oxygen and saturating near 100%.  When she reaches 1.0 flow on the "High Flow" cannula and is close to 21% oxygen she will move to the "regular" nasal cannula and then off oxygen completely!  Thus, Ashton has graduated to Feeder/Grower status in the NICU.  Essentially that means she is, for the most part, in the NICU to learn to eat from a bottle and gain weight and those things just take time.  She is sucking on a pacifier while being feed through her tube in hopes that her little body starts associating the sucking with the filling of her tummy.  She will be introduced to the bottle very slowly and as she gets the hang of it she will get more and more bottle feedings.  Please continue to pray that she has less episodes of not breathing and that she remains free from infection.  We appreciate your prayers and support more than words could ever express.

Brandi