A Better Day

Katie said that I had to update the blog tonight because I am "a better blogger".  I am not really sure how to take that kind of compliment...

Anyway, Caroline had a much better day today.  She did have some spells of apnea, but she self corrected every time.  The doctors think that the apnea will continue until she would have been 34 weeks (31 now).  As long as she self corrects, that is fine.  Again, they expect this kind of struggle with a premature baby.

All of the tests for infection came back negative, so that is obviously good.  It looks like her struggle to breathe was due to swelling in her airway and that was treated with a second small dose of steroids.

She continues to do VERY well with her feedings.  In fact, they are taking her off of her other nutrition (minerals, vitamins, lipids) and she will only eat milk through a feeding tube.  She is now up to 2 pounds, 4 ounces (up 6 ounces).

Her PICC line was removed today.  They gave her the PICC line (http://picclinenursing.com/picc_why.html) on her second day because standard IV's were falling out of her.  They told us that PICC lines usually stay in for a month.  They said that there are sometimes some complications when the line is removed, but everything went smoothly.  It feels good to know it is already out.

Caroline looks really good and more at ease.

I got to show off Caroline today to my good friend, Wolf.  That was exciting for me.  We have some more pictures, but they are not uploaded yet.  I will get them up later tonight or tomorrow.