Emily Update 4/7/09

Emily is now 3lbs 6 oz. She also has finally reached a full ounce of milk and they are giving it to her over the period of 1 1/2 hours. They want to get her to be able to take a full feeding in about 30 minutes. So we are headed in the right direction. She is doing great on her nose canela time. Still only on it 3 hours a shift. But seems to be very content with it. She is able to keep her eyes open a lot longer now and look around at things and people. She is also getting louder with her fussing and crying which also shows her maturing. Thank you for reading.

Also I just wanted to remind people that the March of Dimes is getting closer and anyone who wanted to sponser me needs to let me know and send me the donations by the 16th of April so I can get them turned in on time. Thank you to those who already have sent or gave me their donations.

Emily Update 4/5/09

Emily Marie had a good night and great day. No breathing episodes that need stimulation to come up and out of. She is up 3 lbs 4 oz and still tolerating her feedings well. She is still at 28 cc of milk but they are talking maybe in a couple of days moving her up to 30 cc. That is all the new news I have for now.

Emily Update 4/4/09

Emily Marie is doing great today. She weighs 3 lbs and almost 2 1/2 oz. She is doing great on the nose canela, she is still on it for three hours every 12 hour shift. She is getting a little tired towards the end of the three hours but still showing great improvement.She had her eyes opened most of my visit. This was the first time she has really had them opened up long enough for me to really look at them. But I can't tell what color they are going to be. They are still immature so have a dark blue look to them. But all babies are born with blue eyes and could change colors up til her first birthday. Today was Easter in the NICU. Emily had her first visit with the Easter Bunny. She really didn't have much interest in him, she felt it was time for all the activities to stop so she could just nap. Her vocal cords are starting to mature, she is starting to voice her opinion by fussing at people when they get in with her. Thanks for reading and please keep us in your prayers.

Emily Update 4/3/09

Emily is having another good day. She lost 1 oz over the night, but due mostly likely to being on the nose canela. She is having to work a little harder with that on, but doing great on it. The doctors are pretty positive about maybe in a couple of days bumbing up her time on it to a couple more hours maybe. She is tolerating her feedings well while being on it. Her blood gases also looked great which is even more encouraging for her to be on the canela.

Emily Update 4/2/09

Emily is receiving 28 cc of milk, with 24 calories. She is on the nose canela 3 hours per shift and on the CPAP for the rest of the 9 hours. Besides that nothing else is really changed. She is doing great.

Emily Update 4/1/09 Part 2

I was just to excited to wait until tomorrow to post this. She now weighs 3 lbs 2 oz. I can't hardly believe how fast she puts weight on. Besides that her day has been real good. The nurses said she has slept most of today, probably recuperating from her eye exam from yesterday.

Emily Update 4/1/09

Emily fhas finally broke the 3 lb mark. She weighs 3lbs 1/2 oz. She had a good night and so far a great day. Nothing else has really changed...sorry for such the small post, but thank you for reading.