Lots of Sleep

Farrah has been sleeping when we have visited her the last two days. The nurses wake her briefly to change her diaper, check her temperature, and move her position, but otherwise, we have been letting her rest. She has been cuddling with her blanket while she sleeps. This leads us to believe that she is comfortable and is getting the rest that she needs.

They are going to do another echo on Tuesday instead of Monday to see if the medication is helping to close her PDA. Her weight has stayed steady and we still expect that it might drop a little while she is not receiving breast milk. So far, it hasn't dropped. They moved her to a different area in the NICU because they are consolidating the "pods" where the babies are kept. One nurse told us that they are planning to move the entire NICU to another floor this summer. That sounds like quite an undertaking to us, but they must have good project management in place to do something like that.

As for Ray and I, we are starting to get more sleep too. My pumping schedule usually leads me to wake up twice in the night and I sometimes call to check on Farrah and eat a snack/meal depending on how hungry I am. It took a few days to realize that I need to take mid-day naps when waking up so much at night. The naps have helped me feel more energetic during the day.

Below is a photo of Farrah resting comfortably yesterday.