New look

It's official.  In just a week, I think that Caroline has more friends than her "old man".   She also continued her streak of good days.  I was able to see her for the first time since Wednesday and her coloring is now perfectly pink.  She was pink when she was born, but quickly turned a little reddish.  I was really happy to see how great she looked today.

Big news today - the doctors were able to take out her breathing tube.  She is now using a CPAP machine, which can give her oxygen and pressure through her nose.  From what I understand, this is used by people that have sleep apnea.  They had to give her a shot of caffeine to remind her to breathe, which is normal for premature babies.  However, she was auto-correcting herself as the day went on.  This is a great step for her and I am really proud.  It is also good news because we can now hold her a little.  We did not get a chance to hold her today, but hopefully we will be able tomorrow.

She has been completely off of her blood pressure medicine for over two days.  They said there was a chance should would have to take some medicine every once in awhile, but now they think that issue has passed.

Here is her picture from today.   A lot of people have told me that Caroline does not look that small in pictures.  I think it's one of those things that you have to see to believe.  You can see the nurses hands in the picture and I think that helps put her size into perspective.  However, she is now over 2 pounds.  I am going to try to remember to get her official weight tomorrow.

Katie feels a lot better today and enjoyed seeing some friends.