Helpful Terms

I figured if you're going to be reading this blog, you're going to need to know some terms to keep up on how Noah's doing. So...here they are:

Blood gases: levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood.
Brady: Slow heart rate.
C-PAP: Air is delivered to a baby's lungs through either small tubes in the baby's nose, or through a tube that has been inserted into a windpipe. The tubes are attached to a mechanical ventilator, which helps the baby breathe, but doesn't breathe for him.
Echocardiogram: A specialized form of ultrasound that is used to examine the heart.
Kangaroo Care: Holding a baby with skin-to-skin contact.
Nasal Cannula: Soft plastic tubing that goes around a baby's head and under his nose, where there are openings (prongs) to deliver oxygen.
NICU: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Oxygen level: The level that a child breathes (we breathe 21% oxygen)
Phototherapy: Treatment for jaundice, involving placin the baby under blue fluorescent lights, sometimes called bililights.

That's pretty much all I have for now, if the doctor tells me anymore terms, then I will go ahead and add them here, and make this a reference point :-).