Cannula Ups and Downs

The past couple of days have been up and down for Christianna's Nasal Cannula (breathing apparatus).  She came off it the first time on Friday night for about two and a half hours.  She then went back on it and did really well so they tried again on Sunday morning at 3:00 am it was more successful, lasting all the way till Lunch time on Sunday.  She is doing really well on the Cannula with very low flow, but that little tiny bit of flow is making all the difference for her.  She is on what they call room air (21% oxygen the same concentration that we breath normally) and it is forcing 200 ml an hour into her nose to help her out.  We pray that she will continue getting better and hopefully the next attempt at taking her off will be for good.  

She has continued gaining weight very well the last few days.  Yesterday she gained 40 grams (a little more than an ounce) her weight is now 1100 grams (2lb 7oz)!!!  Her birth weight was 900 grams (2lb) we are very excited about her growth and now that she has started putting on the pounds (or ounces rather, LOL) we hope she will do  better at keeping her temperature up. Lately, her temperature has been a little low so they have had to turn her bed up a little bit.  It is at 30*C.  When the bed gets to 28*C and stays there for a while and she keeps her body temperature where it belongs then they will take her out of the incubator and put her into a crib. Please continue to pray for our little baby girl that she will keep her temperature up and continue to do better with her breathing.