Saturday, November 29, 2008

Day 41: Quick note

Today Loki supposedly lost 30 grams, down to 1040. But don't pay attention to the daily numbers; focus on the trend, which is upward. The other development, a positive one, is that the cycles per minute on his breathing assistance machine (SiPAP) were reduced from 20 to 15. This is a weakening of the machine, which means his lungs are developing well. Soon we hope to move to no cycles (CPAP), which is just a constant pressure of air with a little extra oxygen.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi guys, yeah, who cares for daily numbers? The trend is good! And that's more good news. Keep it on!
Love, Heleen and Frits.

marieke said...

And then we say, hey ho lets go Loki! You're so strong and your lungs are developing to real babylungs. Can't wait to see you. kusje van je tante.x

Anonymous said...

Lieve Loki. Good job, your lungs are getting better and better. Your parents say that we may not pay attention to the daily number of your weight, we have to see the trend. Now I know that your parents try to be very positive, wich is a very good thing, but don't let them scare to much and let the number go up again tomorrow! That's our deal, ok?
Kus Maaike

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