Corgan is 11 weeks old today. He is the oldest baby in the NICU but he is still the smallest...When we arrived Corgan had a feeding tube inserted into his good right nostril and his SpO2 was low. When it was removed I saw a large amount of mucus type build up come out with the tube. His SpO2 level increased immediately...We were both annoyed because Dr Egner had said the feeding tube must stay in Corgan's mouth so long...He weighed 1,330kg this morning...he struggled this morning and eventually Welile had no choice but to give him oxygen. It was very upsetting...the doctors and nurses always warn you - its a few steps forward, a couple steps back...its just so disappointing going backwards...Later he was put on nasal prongs again at 26% oxygen. Dr Egner told Welile to skip the bottle and breast feeds today...When we returned this evening, Corgan had just had physiotherapy and a large amount of sticky stuff came out of him and was sent for testing. Corgan's SpO2 went down and up a number of times, but eventually he settled. Bridgitte was looking after Corgan tonight. She let me have a cuddle with Corgan before suctioning him, then she let Shane feed Corgan through the tube...
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