A Little Scare

Tucker gave Mommy and Daddy a little scare last night. When Mommy was in the room with him by herself his heart rate dropped to 46. The nurse came in right away and stimulated him to get his heart rate to go up again. She said that he is having trouble with remembering to breathe while he is eating. Daddy went to check on him later and he had done the same thing several times again. The NICU doctor decided to put him on a heart medicine that basically acts like caffeine to remind him that he needs to keep his heart beating. The nurse said that this is very common with little guys who are so small and that they usually grow out of it but need some help when they are still so new. Mommy and Mimi went to check on him at his 3 am feeding and he was doing so much better after being put on the medicine. The nurse said that he is like a whole new baby now.

A few other updates....

• He is up to 14 cc's on his feedings.
• His CPAP machine was lowered to a 3 and there is talk that he will be removed from it today which means Mommy will get to hold him in the very near future.
• He is now only receiving 36% oxygen down from 40%.

I'm 3 days old!

He had his eyes open when Mommy and Mimi were talking to him.