Tubes and Wires

Like I said, Lorelei was born a little bit early. So, she spent her first day and night in an incubator. She is also hooked up to a monitor, an IV line and a feeding tube. The monitor monitors her heart rate, breathing rythm and O2 saturation. The IV line administers antibiotics. She will be on antibiotics for at least three days, depending on some bloodtests. Yesterday she also got some sugar through the IV line because her blood sugar level was a bit low. The feeding tube is to.... well, that's an easy one, to feed her :-)

This morning she was moved to a "regular" bed, but she still has all the equipment attached. The sugar is no longer administered, but the IV line is still there for the antibiotics.

Today Lisa breastfed her for the first time and it worked! She drank some. Lisa can only do that once a day at the moment. The rest of the day she pumps into sterile bottles and those are fed to her, or she is fed through the feeding tube (and I am actually not sure what they feed her through that...). Her drinking from the breast is a sign that she is doing really well for her term at birth (33 weeks + 6 days).

Despite all the tubes and wires she is a beautiful girl, isn't she (or is that only my opinion just because I'm her father?).


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