Good Afternoon Visit

Stu and I had a good visit with Brandon this afternoon. I kangarooed with him for almost 2 hours. At the end of kangarooing Dr. Attardi came over to do an exam on him. He had been on his stomach during rounds so she did not want to disturb him but when he was put back into his isolette after we kangarooed Mark put him on his back. She said his lungs and stomach both sound good. She kept his food at 19 cc's again today but he is now getting it over an hour period instead of a half hour to see if that helps with the desats during eating. It is possible that the reason he has desats during eating can be that as his stomach gets full it pushes on his lungs which causes a desat. It is also possible that he could have reflux which causes the desats. She also increased the amount of caffeine he is getting slightly. He gets caffeine because it helps to stimulate him to breathe. He was getting it the last time he was on CPAP too. Now that he is off the vent he is getting the caffeine again.