Sunday, September 04, 2005

A Good Day!

Emma is having the best day she's had in a week! In fact, the nurses felt she was stable enough to come out of the isolette and Mommy was able to hold her for over an hour this afternoon!! Hopefully Daddy will have his turn to cuddle her tonight.

Emma's ventilator and oxygen needs have decreased considerably and although she continues to desaturate from time to time, the dips are not as low as they've been over the past 5 days and she manages to come out of them without any intervention. She's continuing to tolerate her feeds well (up to 11 cc every 3 hours this afternoon) and is now at a "hefty" 915 grams (2.0 pounds)!!!

5 Comments:

Blogger nancy said...

Absolutely wonderful to hear this. I am thrilled that you were able to cuddle her for so long - what a dream for both of you.

20:36  
Blogger Silver Creek Mom said...

WOOOOOO HOOOOOO

Emma! You rock little one...Keep it up.

Laurie and Eric I'm just thrilled to hear this.

Love Sharon

21:29  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great news Laurie & Eric. Laurie, I'm so glad you got a chance to cuddle your little one - nice news indeed.

Thinking of you,
Donna

00:00  
Blogger DaniGirl said...

Oh Laurie, how wonderful that you could cuddle Emma for a while. That's the best medicine I can think of, for both mommy and baby.

xo Dani

07:57  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dearest Laurie and Eric,

Just got back from Europe and caught up on the last 3 weeks of Emma's reports...what a roller-coaster ride it has been for you guys. My heart goes out to all of you. But SO glad to hear of this latest upswing in events, the Kangouroo hold is the absolute best medecine Emma can get. And up to 2 pounds that's wonderful.

Biggest hugs to you all and looking forward to seeing you all in the comfort of your home.

Montsé xxxxx

11:16  

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