Day 33

Quick update from yesterday's visit - Alice is doing well since she's been extubated. She's now on a machine that still assists her with her breathing, but doesn't do as much work as being intubated. She's had a couple of crashes (one on Tuesday, one on Wednesday) where she's needed the nurse to assist her back to breathing. But all the other little crashes she's recovered her self.

Her weight yesterday was 1289 grams. 1362 is 3 pounds - so she's getting very close!!! I would say she's looking more like a baby now. Her face has filled out, here hands have grown into her fingers and her body looks more baby like to.

Funny story - I was changing her diaper yesterday (which I've done before), and as I was taking off the old one to put on the new one I lifted her legs (like you would to get the new diaper under the bum) and she squirted a poo-nami all over the inside of her incubator. On the wall, all over her bedding, all over my hand and on some of her wires as well. It just shot out! I guess there was air in her tummy and this help to projectile the poop! It was quite funny. The amount was probably about 1 tablespoon but from a little bum in an enclosed area, it seemed like a lot more.

I promise to take pictures today to give you all a perspective of what the NICU is about (the room Alice is in and her incubator too).