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March 15 Update
Weight: 2285 (5 lbs .6 oz) 🙌
Oxygen Flow: 2 liters/minute …yay, we are back to an NG tube! No more yucky feeding tube in his mouth.
Aside from his NG tube, the next big news of the night was *NO MORE MASKS* at the hospital. Hooray! The hospital staff have had to wear masks for 3 years.😩We had to snap a quick pic to celebrate with these amazing ladies. We love them and all our sweet nurses. 🥰 They are like family to us, and they take such good care of our little man.
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Unfortunately, this little guy had a couple choking episodes, which caused his heart rate to drop a bit. So, we had to call it good on breastfeeding for the night and give him his binky while the nurse warmed up his milk to put in his feeding tube.
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