Sally & I slept in today after a long weekend & relaxed a bit, missed an alarm that we both slept through so we obviously needed the rest. Went over to the NICU for a bit, Sally changed her diaper again and I got to hold Zoey today for the first time for 2 hours! The time just flew by until my back seized up & I'm the one that needed the break. The nurses were pleased with her stats while she was on me so they were going to let her stay as long as I could stand it. In terms of her health they were able to reduce her respiration rate to ZERO, so she's breathing on her own completely with the exception of the PEEP, which puts pressure into her lungs, essentially so they don't collapse & continue to grow & develop the nerve endings/clusters/etc in there. Her fluid retention has been reduced greatly in the past few days with the supplements she's been getting, reducing the Chronic Respiratory Disorder she's going to have while she's here & growing, which happens with baby's of her gestational age. Sally & I are going to head home to EC for the night as I have to continue my doc visits for my wrist/hand tomorrow, have a good night home to take care of mail, start my vehicle in this ridiculous cold, & any other stuff we need to take care of. We'll be back again tomorrow after that.
Precious pictures!! :o)
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