Day 70

Quick update - Alice is doing about the same as she was at the beginning of the week. She's not strong enough yet to go off the CPAP to low flow or high flow. She was off the CPAP for 4 hours yesterday (Thursday) before being put back on. This morning she was off for 2 hours (couple of dips - one big one that she needed some Oxygen to wake her up), and then she was going to stay off for one, maybe 2 more hours (depending on how she did in the 3rd hour).

Alice is gaining weight very nicely - she's at 2335 grams today (so just over 5 pounds).

I forgot to mention that she had her second eye test earlier this week (Tuesday I think) and her eyes look perfect. So another plus for us!

Another huge plus, the hospital has lifted the H1N1 ban on guests and siblings - so Max is going to come to the hospital tomorrow morning to see Alice. Last time he saw her was end of October so he's going to see a HUGE change in her. It will be nice for Max to see Alice as he was asking the other day when he could see her. And this time she won't be in an incubator with tubes and wires coming from her body. She'll look like a real baby. Hopefully he'll allow us to take a photo!