Back in May I posted on Facebook our exciting news about being done with oxygen, but never got around to posting it here. Aryanna passed her sleep study and came off of oxygen at the beginning of May and Anthony had failed his sleep study, but we were pretty sure one of the many cords was essentially strangling him because he had a red mark on his throat for a week after the study. Thankfully, our pulmonologist allowed him to repeat the sleep study with just oxygen and a pulse oximeter and not the multitude of other cords, and what do you know? He passed when he wasn't being strangled! So, by the time the twins turned one we were officially done with oxygen! What an exciting day that was around here! We're grateful that the oxygen helped them breathe while their lungs finished developing, but we were not sad to see all the equipment go! We'll still have to be cautious this cold and flu season due to their preemie lungs - they just don't handle respiratory illnesses the way a full-term kiddo's lungs would. It's nice to feel mostly "out of the woods" though!
What a day of celebration when we got to turn
these 2 giants off for good!
We actually had 2 of the large green
"T" Tanks, Aryanna's had already been
picked up at this point.
We don't miss all of these supplies one bit!
Me and my oxygen-free kiddos!
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