It seems like every step forward in progress we make, there are always two steps back. Evelyn has had a cold now for about two weeks, and since last weekend we've had to put her back on oxygen while she sleeps because her saturation levels just keep dropping too low. Her cough has gotten worse last week, and yesterday I heard a lot of noise in her chest when she breathed, and when she coughed it sounded horrible. We called the neonatologist to update her (we called last week when the cold started) and they want to see her tomorrow to see how she's doing and to prevent this from getting worse--to rule out pneumonia.
Evelyn seems fine in every other way. She sleeps well (except for a few coughing spells), has good color and temperature, and seems to be her happy self when she's awake. I'm really curious to know if something else is going on here.
Keeping her monitored has been a challenge too. She's getting much too squirmy and dextrous with her hands to wear the cannula. She still wears the pulse oximeter probe on her foot, and at night she's been wearing the apnea monitor as well. So it seems we're back where we were when we brought her home three months ago.
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