Day 55

Alice is doing so well (right now) it puts a smile on our faces!

She is gaining weight each day - today her weight was 1865 grams. This is a true weight as she is naked with no breathing tubes adding to her weight. She is being fed 34cc's of milk every 3 hours and digesting it well (no acid reflux).

Alice has moved one step forward in her breathing. She's still on the same machine, but the machine is doing less for her. I believe she was on SiPAP before and now on CPAP. And she's breathing at room air still with very few dips in her breathing. When she does dip, she isn't requiring assistance to start breathing again. The next step would be to breathe with no machines. Depending on the doctor, either they'll go full steam ahead or let her try for a couple of hours at a time and see how she does.

She did get moved back into an incubator as her body temperature wasn't staying warm enough. No point in using her energy to stay warm when we need her energy to keep her breathing.

Alice had her eyes tested yesterday and all looks good there too. The eyes are "immature" but that's normal for a premie. She will get her eyes tested again in 2 weeks.

During our cuddle this morning, I had a soother in her mouth and she sucked on it for almost 1/2 hour. Which was really great! She won't be able to start breast feeding until she is breathing on her own, but she can practice sucking on a soother.

The doctor's a really happy with her progress. She'll probably get moved into one of the back rooms in the next couple of days (most likely when they need the space up front for a newer baby with more needs).