Emma stayed pretty stable today. They didn't have to go up on her oxygen today, which was a good thing. They are still taking a wait and see approach with this one. As long as nothing else goes wrong they will just kind of wait for it to resolve itself from the sounds of it. Her temperature has held steady so that's a good sign that there's not an underlying reason for this other than what we were told yesterday, which is her lung disease of prematurity.
She gained weight again last night. She's now up to 2 pounds, 13.8 ounces. When they weigh her tonight if she's gained again, they're actually going to put some clothes on her. Up to this point they've just had a diaper on her because she's been in the isolette, which is heated. But once they reach a certain point they feel that they're a little better at holding their own body temperature and that's when they start dressing them. I think she'll still be in her isolette for a good little while, though. We were told that anywhere from 3.5 pounds to 4 pounds is when they take them out of there and put them in a regular crib. But if she gains again tonight we'll post a picture of her tomorrow night with her little outfit on.
Hopefully in the next few days she'll hit that next milestone, 3 pounds. She's gaining on a good clip here lately. If it continues she should be to 3 pounds in the next day or two. She's still tolerating her increased milk intake very well. She's still getting 24ml every 3 hours, so 6.4 ounces over the course of a day. That's a long way from her initial feeds when she was getting just over .25 ounces every day.
We're so proud of her. We just hope the breathing issue works itself out soon. Hopefully it will, but if not they will do something to help her along when they feel they need to intervene. Until then, we'll just wait and pray that it resolves itself.
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