She's doing really well. Unfortunately, she's still needing her CPAP. We were hoping this would be the week that she would get off of it, but it sounds like it will not happen yet. The doctor says her lungs are sounding a lot better, but it appears that she still needs it because when its not working well her oxygen levels go down.
Beyond that, she is now taking her feeding in 1 1/2 hours and then waiting another 1 1/2 hours before getting it again. Assuming she continues to tolerate this, they'll keep changing the ratio. Her stomach is still large but is visually looking better. She also took the pacifier tonight for about 15 minutes. The nurses comment on how alert she is at times, and any nurse or RT who hasn't seen for awhile always say how much bigger she looks.
She had some CPAP issues over the weekend and through the night last night. The morning nurse really knows what she's doing when it comes to the CPAP and came in and got that all squared away this morning and she's been doing great ever since. I hated disrupting anything so skipped holding this morning but did a extended 4 hour session this evening. Michelle's much better at holding than I am and has been doing other things like reading during holding time for quite awhile now. I decided to give it a try and tonight Taylor and I read Jack London's The Call of the Wild. Well, I guess its more accurate to say I read some of it to her and then the rest to myself. Taylor fell asleep hard on page 2. Of course, they came into put Taylor up when I was 2 pages from being done. Timing...
This last weekend was a break I had been needing. The kids and myself met Michelle at the hospital Friday night and we went out to dinner. It was that place where they gave you peanuts and you could throw them on the floor. Haylee and Tristan thought it was the coolest place ever. They finally could be slobs at the dinner table and not get in trouble. We stayed the night in a family room here at the hospital and then went home on Saturday. My mom stayed up at the hospital Saturday afternoon and then Mary relieved her Saturday night and stayed through Sunday evening. Cindy came up on Sunday and spent the day with Taylor and Mary. I can't say enough about how much I appreciated it.
On Saturday, we left from the hospital and went to Michelle's Great-Grandmother Pearl's funeral. It was sad but very nice. I can only hope to live as long and have the impact on other people's lives that she did. A very nice lady that will be very much missed.
After the funeral we headed home for the day to get some work done. I can't honestly say we got anything done, but that's okay. I watched the majority of the Beaver game, and then we started pulling out old baby stuff that we had kept and Haylee happily sorted through all of Aislinn's old clothes that Cindy had given to us. It is strange but very cool to be starting to think about having a baby around our home. I can't wait.
Later, we made popcorn and sat down to watch Nim's Island. We actually rented it for $1 way back when Michelle was still pregnant and in the hospital. It ended up costing us almost $35 dollars because we never got it back. I'm not sure it was worth $35, but I have to say I enjoyed it a lot. It was a good movie, but I think it was probably just sitting next to the kids, watching a movie, eating popcorn , and not thinking about anything that was the part I really enjoyed.
Sunday was another unproductive day at home, and that was okay with me. We did get the Bronco and the goats ready for their big move. We decided its best for them to live someplace else, where they can again be eating all sorts of brush and get the kind of attention they need. And though I'm going to miss her quite a bit, I trust Joshua and Abby with my goofy little inbred goat and I will see her again when I visit. I won't miss her eating my raspberries though.
The weekend was over before I knew it, and I spent the night back at the hospital with Taylor. Strange as it to say, I think time is beginning to seem to get back to normal. The days are going by a lot faster now. Our little girl is almost a month old. That is hard to believe.
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Yea Taylor!!! Grow baby grow!!! Thank you for the update Scott. I think I check way to often. It seems forever between updates until I look at the dates and it really has not been that long. I can't wait to hear that she is off the CPAP and coping well. I am so proud of that little baby. She is such a tough girl. By the way can you please upload a video of her. I need to see her in 4D! I bet she is adorable when she moves! Lauren loves kissing the computer screen when I have pics on the computer of Taylor, and Justin and Katlyn get excited with new photos too!
(((HUGS)))
Love, Tonya
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