Day 23

Now that Alice has been intubated she seems to be doing much better. On Thursday night after she was intubated, the docs also ran a bunch of tests on her to confirm that she was tired due to the breathing and not an infections. So they take blood and fluid from her spine to check for infections and meningitis (with the spine fluid). Everything came back negative on Saturday morning. Which means that she was tired earlier this week because of the breathing.

So her IV was removed and now the only machine she's hooked up to is the ventilator. Well, she's also hooked up to another machine for Heart Rate, Respiration and O2 levels, but those are standard machines.

Her O2 levels were fairly consistent yesterday - requiring around 23% assistance. Today the nurse said they were more up and down - ranging from 23% to 29%. Nothing out of the ordinary.

We finally got cuddles today (after 3 days without) so that was very nice. She's also gaining weight - 29 grams last night which now takes her weight to 1080 grams. She's continuing to digest the breast milk and had 2 poops today to prove it!

I will try and remember to take a picture tomorrow and post tomorrow night - she is starting to look more baby like and not so much like Shmigol from Lord of the Rings.

Thanks to everyone for their posts and thoughts. It's really nice to have the support and know that there are so many people out there sending their love to us and to Alice as well. Hugs and kisses to you all.