Baby Steps

Day 33

Emma has been doing a little bit better with her new tube.  It was not the drastic improvement we were hoping for, but every little improvement is good.  She has been needing less oxygen, but the pressure on her vent has gone up a little bit.  She is still de-satting some, but not as much as before.  So we're just taking baby steps, but I guess that is par for the course...

Mom got to kangaroo Emma yesterday and we had a great time.  When she first comes out of her isolette, Emma looks all around to check out her new surroundings.  Eventually she gets sleepy and takes a nice little nap with Mommy. 

Emma has been consistently gaining weight too, which we are very excited about.  She is now up to 780 grams, which is just about 1 pound, 12 ounces!  Grow Emma grow!

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Emma is still having her breathing issues unfortunately.  She was tried on a course of Lasix earlier today to see if that would help and it did not seem to.  She is going to get a nebulizer dose of albuterol tonight as well to see if that works.  It is very frustrating for us to see her struggling with this and the treatments not working, though we know both Emma and her doctors are doing their best.  Hopefully we can find a treatment that works and Emma starts to feel better.

The dose of Lasix Emma got flushed a lot of fluids out of her, so she lost 10 grams tonight.