Post #100

Wow, it's hard to believe but, as the title says, this is post #100 to Emma's blog. She's had so many ups and downs in the past nine weeks since her birth... Hopefully the rest of her stay in the NICU will be much more uneventful!

Both yesterday and today, Emma was able to go 16 consecutive hours off both CPAP and nasal canula. As you can see from the recent photos, the nurses leave the nasal prongs on Emma during the day, even though she's not receiving any oxygen through them. Partly, this is because they are taped to her bonnet in order to keep them in place. They're then properly positioned so that Emma can get a "whiff" of oxygen if she needs it. The other reason is that Emma tends to desat when the prongs/tubes are removed entirely. So, as the nurse says, they simply don't tell Emma what they're doing :), then they turn off the oxygen (when it's clear that she doesn't need any) and let her cruise along on room air. I guess in this case the old adage is true: what she doesn't know, won't hurt her :)