Ollie is sleeping nicely at the moment and doing well! The doctor was happy this morning, his left lung sounds a bit better even though there has not been much improvement on the radiograph yet, his repiratory rate is between 64 and 78 (which is still a bit too high but much better compared to what it was a few days ago!). He is also allowed to lie on his left side again, the oxygen has been decreased to 23% (which is almost normal air concentration-21%!) and 1l flow, the milk volume per feeding has gone up to 80ml every 3 hours and he is being bottle fed for 15min at every second feed to slowly get him used to drink on his own again without getting too exhausted...aaand he is wearing clothes again! So, it looks like we have quite a bit of improvement! Now it means waiting patiently until baba is breathing normally and drinking completely on his own... (And being patient is neither Mama's nor Papa's strong trait of character ;)...but how do they say: you grow with your challenges! ). We are proud of you Oliver and love you looooooooots!
Wow! A lot of changes for the better! Great news! I am sure Mom and Dad are almost breathing normally again! We still think of you in our prayers every day. Remember: it's the small steps that get you there in the end!
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