Daddy's Little Girl

Day 36

Emma has had a very exciting few days!  She turned 5 weeks old yesterday and got to see her Daddy for the first time in awhile!  He was battling a bad cold and was unable to see the little munchkin, so both of them were very very excited to see each other yesterday. 

The steroid treatment seems to be helping Emma immensely.  Yesterday, they lowered the settings on her vent to the lowest they have ever been and she hardly de-satted at all. 

Emma decided to show off for Daddy by having a great day and by being the feistiest we've ever seen her.  She squirmed around in her isolette like never before.  The nurse kept trying to tuck her feet in, but as we know, Emma does not like to be tucked in.  She would immediately begin kicking ferociously to free her leg, and then rest for awhile with her leg hanging out. 

Then she would start kicking and squirming again - we think she was trying to make a break for it and get her whole body over the side of her bumpers.  She was very upset when she couldn't make it.  She had lots of cranky faces to show off. 

Almost there! 

Then Mom and Dad left and had a very nice date night (saw Megamind 3D - it's very cute and we recommend seeing it).  On our way home, we called the hospital to check in on Emma and was told that they went ahead and extubated her!!!!!!!!!  We couldn't believe it, so of course we had to stop in on our way home to see her, since Dad hadn't gotten a chance to see or hear Emma when she was extubated the first time.

She was doing great on very low oxygen settings and was snoozing away.  But we woke her up to give her some kangaroo time with Daddy.  They both loved it. 

Emma is still doing very well on the SiPAP this morning, so we're hoping she beats her previous record of 18 hours and keeps doing well. 

They also increased Emma's feeds to 5 mL/hour yesterday and she is doing great with them.  She gained another 10 grams last night and is up to 790 grams.  We are loving the good days!!