Day 6 Updates

Not much to update today. They decided to just leave her as-is and she is exactly the same as yesterday. Still stable with oxygen on, and her sats crash as soon as it is removed. They try to wean her oxygen every 4-6 hours or so - one of these days it has to work, right? We are so close, but yet SO far from going home. All she has to do is get off of her oxygen and make it through a long nap and nurse for a full feed without de-sating and then we get to go home. Unfortunately, she is nowhere near able to stay off of her oxygen for even 5 minutes (and in most cases, plummets within 30 seconds).

I gave her a little sponge bath tonight and you'd think I was torturing her. Her hair is all fuzzy and adorable now. :) She is really becoming much more alert and is able to hold her head up for long periods of time. She has been very curious the past two days, and looks all around our room really examining everything. It's fun to see her more awake.

Colin came to visit Mike and me for dinner tonight and it was fun to see him. I also left the hospital for the first time today since she was admitted and headed home to spend a few hours with our big kiddo. He wouldn't talk to me at first (mad at me for leaving him, I assume), but he quickly got over it when I asked what he wanted to do... this is a kid after my own heart. He wanted to go to Target and get a "Mickey Meal" (which is a little thing in the produce aisle with cheese cubes, apples, and pretzels all in a Mickey shaped container). Once we got home with it, he wanted to cuddle on the couch and was so excited that I let him lay on top of me since I hadn't allowed it since my c-section. He was excited that mama's belly was feeling better. Love that kid!!