Follow up appointments at Cardinal Glennon

Today we took the babies back to Cardinal Glennon for follow up appointments. Alex had nursery follow up. He was hooked up to a pulse oximeter for a half hour to see how well he would tolerate weening his oxygen . He did fine so they weened his oxygen to 1/8 liter. He goes back in 2 weeks, and hopefully he can come off the oxygen completely. I want this so bad, but after 106 days in nicu, 2 more weeks is nothing.

Mabry had appointment with renal department because of her high blood pressure and calcification found in her kidneys. They  increased her dosage of medication for bp (because she has grown, not because her condition has worsened), took a urine sample , and will do a ultrasound of her kidneys in about a month to check on the calcification. Usually it goes away on its own.

We did get some good news today. Both babies are now ROP free! The blood vessels in their eyes have developed normally.

Mabry enjoyed the car ride.

Alex snoozed the whole way.