Emily Update 3/18/09

Today was a really good day for our little fighter. She is doing an awesome job. Emily is just getting enough help from the ventilator to be actually doing some help. She has been very stable while on the ventilator. She is eating 19 cc of milk every three hours. And has moved up to 24 calories per ounce of milk. Tomorrow she will be getting 21 cc of milk. Soon enough she will be eating from a bottle. Yippee!! She got to get her PICC line removed. Since there was no use for it, it was becoming a source of possible infection. Her lungs still are nice and clear. All her lab work and blood gases have been good. Starting today they are doing nutrition labs on her. This will check her iron, protein levels, and calcium intake. If these are lower then they would like them, they have to add more of the human milk fortifier to her milk. As of today she weighs 2 lbs and 5 1/2 oz. Just keep sending prayers and good thoughts our way.