Steady and stable

Short post tonight. Taylor was stable today and actually progressed a little. Michelle was told that one way they can determine if her lungs are getting better is if when they suck the mucus out her oxygen saturation levels don't drop. And for the most part her sat levels stayed good today. Progress!

Here's a picture Shanon took tonight. It is real sad to me, but I figured I would add it to the blog for posterity.


Taylor is on increased feeding which is great, but also bad because Michelle doesn't have enough milk for her right now. They wanted to fortify and Michelle said no, so they said they would increase the volume instead. Michelle is concerned that she will not have enough to get through the night and is thinking about coming home to get some. I hope not, because it snowed again today and we have several inches of snow out there that is freezing. Michelle told me she would call me right back if she was coming home, and she has not so I take that as a good sign. We will figure out a way to get more milk to the hospital tomorrow. Our freezer is full so its not an issue of not having any.

Michelle has given her massages through the day trying to help Taylor with her circulation. Taylor still has not had a blood transfusion, so let's keep our fingers crossed that she doesn't need one.

We did find out that Taylor may not need to go back on CPAP. They may be able to go from the ventilator straight to the nasal cannula. This would be great for us cause we can't stand CPAP, and great for Taylor because when they do have babies on CPAP they withhold feeding them for reasons I don't totally understand.

She tested negative for whooping cough and for influenza! Big relief there.

Anyway, that's about it for tonight. Another good day!