Slow and Steady Plus a New Photo

The diueretics are working, as Farrah went down another ounce tonight. Her weight today is 3 pounds, 7 ounces. This still includes extra fluid, so we are not sure what her dry weight is. We are wondering if she will be over the 3 pound mark once all the fluid is gone. She certainly looks bigger to us. Eventually, we will go back to hoping for weight gain, but only once it is solid weight gain and not all the extra fluid.

Farrah's feeds are now up to 3 ccs every 4 hours. She is tolerating her feeds well and we are so happy with each additional cc she is getting. She is still on the oscillator, but her recent blood gas labs have looked good. Her chest x-ray from last night also looked good. We are not sure how long they will keep her on the oscillator, but it is nice to see her looking more comfortable. During Farrah's rounds at 8:00 pm tonight, she was active and kept her eyes open for quite some time. While chatting with Farrah's night nurse this evening I learned that she had been employee of the month in the past. These NICU nurses are incredible I tell you.

I took the photo below tonight after watching Farrah close her eyes to go to sleep once her rounds were done. I started talking to her to say goodnight and then she looked up at me. We made eye contact and she held her gaze for a few seconds, and I was able to capture that wonderful moment on camera.