Last week when Emma got her IV taken out, the nurse on duty told us that she was graduating to Preemie Preschool. Well today, she graduated again. There are 7 pods in the NICU in Chapel Hill, each with multiple babies. They go from Pod A to Pod G. Pod A is where the babies are when they're about to go home. Pod G consists of the sickest babies. I can't imagine what those babies are like, as when Emma was born she was teeny, teeny tiny and we couldn't imagine much worse. But she has only required a ventilator for 24 hours of her life, so I guess we should've realized that there were sicker babies there. But for the last 3 weeks, Emma has been in Pod D, right in the middle of the pods. Today, she graduated to Pod C. They informed us that she would spend the bulk of her NICU time in that room. They told us that she's doing so well that they felt like she was ready to move on up. They have to make room for babies that are sicker than her in Pod D, and put her with other babies who are doing better. That was very welcome news on this Monday! Our little over achiever keeps doing it.
Other than that everything remained constant. Her feeds didn't change, she's still got the nasal cannula to help her breathe a little bit, the multivitamin and caffeine are still there. Everything else stayed the same. But still, that was pretty big news for us that she was moving up to the next pod. Britne just asked her nurse yesterday if she would be moving anytime soon and her nurse was quite certain that she would not be. So to hear today that she was indeed ready to move and would be moving this afternoon, we were shocked, but in a good way. As her nurse told us yesterday, she continues to surprise us in a good way. We could not be more proud of her. We know there are still plenty of challenges ahead but we are ready to face them. Most importantly, we definitely believe that Emma is ready to face them as well, thanks to all the prayers and well wishes coming from everyone. I know I sound like a broken record, but thank you. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so very much.
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