AOP

Spelled out....Anemia of Prematurity.  Which essentially means, blood transfusions and shots 3 times a week. 

Today she received blood, in an effort to help bump up her hematocrit.  If all goes as expected, the bradys and desats will improve, and she will be less sleepy.  The biggest thing that has to happen though, is her little system must kick into gear to produce enough red blood cells to maintain proper function. 

Please be praying that she begins to produce more red blood cells, which carry essential iron throughout her body.  Iron is extremely important in carrying oxygen through the body.  When she has a desat, it means she isn't getting a proper saturation of oxygen, and so, less iron means worse saturation.  Her prematurity is the reason this is happening, she needs to obviously mature for it to improve...and the sooner she improves, the sooner she will outgrow apneas, bradycardias and desaturations, and the sooner she will be able to come home. 

It's no wonder she's been so worn out lately.  No matter how worn out she is, she still is a cutie pie!