02.06 Update

Lydia - 1780 (3 lbs 14 oz)   Penelope 1120 (2 lbs 7.5 oz...oh yea...that's a .5 oz gain!)

There is not much of an update today, but I didn't want anyone to be worrying.  Lydia is still doing very well.  Today we got to put real clothes on her!!! She looked precious. You can anticipate that the next photo bomb on the blogs will contain adorable pictures of dress up time.  She can only wear them while we're holding her outside of the bed, but hopefully with her weight going up steadily she'll be regulating her own temperature soon and she can wear clothes all the time.  We told her it's a little bit like shaving your legs, once you start you can't ever stop (we'll explain the loopholes in that policy later).  She's continued to do well on her feeds.  She breastfed well this morning and then took 11 ccs from a bottle tonight.  She's still having occasional reflux but nothing too major.

Penelope had a more stable day.  Her blood gases have been good (7.32 Ph and 45 CO2 for those that know blood gases) this evening so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for lowered vent settings soon.  Her hematocrit was low again (29) so she got her 7th blood transfusion.  She's looking better and acting like she feels a little better after the transfusion, so again, I'm hopeful.  Although it doesn't take much to get my hopes up!  Also in good news, she's been "stooling" regularly and there are no worries of digestive issues with her right now.  That's a praise!  Her bilirubin is also starting to slowly creep down, so there's another praise!  I wouldn't say she's going well quite yet, but fighting hard would be a more accurate description.  I'm so proud of her.

Ok, off to bed for me.

for Specific Prayer, see yesterday :)