28 Weeks v. 1 Month
Well, Emma celebrates two milestones today. Today she is one month old (yahoo!) and she is a gestinational age of 28 weeks. We couldn't be prouder of her.
Emma has had a busy couple days (all good for the most part). Emma's pnemonia appears to be under control, and she is back to her normal self. She is awake and active and is very curious (today her dad showed had her pet all of her different "pet" bears to see what each one felt like... she really had a great time). Emma also continues to do well in her breathing, and the rate at which the machine instigates breaths is down to 40 per minute (note... she was down to 25 / minute a couple weeks ago, but surgery and pnemonia set her back). While she hasn't come down on ventilator pressure, she will soon. While Emma has lost a little weight over the past week, she has finished her downward trend and we expect she will start gaining again soon.
Emma has started eating again, and is currently at 2ml every 2 hours, and the plan is to increase the rate every 12 hours as long as she can handle it. So, she might be up to full feedings (8ml / 2 hours) by New Years (that would be great, because as soon as she is up to full feedings the doctors will consider removing her IV).
Emma also made another big step. As I said about a month ago, there are three things Emma must be able to do before she can leave: eat on her own, breath on her own, and maintain her body temperature. Yesterday Emma made a big step - her isolet temperature is no longer controlled based on her skin temperature (which is great... one less thing stuck to her skin). So now Emma's isolet air temperature is set at 32.7 C.... she needs to get to 27 C (considering she was at 38 or so a couple weeks ago, this is a big step). In addition, the humidity setpoint for the isolet has been dropped to 45% (a month ago it was 80%... it looked like a rainforest). So, she is making progress.
Overall, Emma is doing great. Today she is going to meet some friends (aka Mike, Derek, Donnie and Heather). Hope everyone had a great holiday!
On another note, Liz's grandmother is having a rough holiday season. Our prayers go out to her and we hope that she can recover and live well.
Note... again, I will try and post pictures ASAP...
Emma has had a busy couple days (all good for the most part). Emma's pnemonia appears to be under control, and she is back to her normal self. She is awake and active and is very curious (today her dad showed had her pet all of her different "pet" bears to see what each one felt like... she really had a great time). Emma also continues to do well in her breathing, and the rate at which the machine instigates breaths is down to 40 per minute (note... she was down to 25 / minute a couple weeks ago, but surgery and pnemonia set her back). While she hasn't come down on ventilator pressure, she will soon. While Emma has lost a little weight over the past week, she has finished her downward trend and we expect she will start gaining again soon.
Emma has started eating again, and is currently at 2ml every 2 hours, and the plan is to increase the rate every 12 hours as long as she can handle it. So, she might be up to full feedings (8ml / 2 hours) by New Years (that would be great, because as soon as she is up to full feedings the doctors will consider removing her IV).
Emma also made another big step. As I said about a month ago, there are three things Emma must be able to do before she can leave: eat on her own, breath on her own, and maintain her body temperature. Yesterday Emma made a big step - her isolet temperature is no longer controlled based on her skin temperature (which is great... one less thing stuck to her skin). So now Emma's isolet air temperature is set at 32.7 C.... she needs to get to 27 C (considering she was at 38 or so a couple weeks ago, this is a big step). In addition, the humidity setpoint for the isolet has been dropped to 45% (a month ago it was 80%... it looked like a rainforest). So, she is making progress.
Overall, Emma is doing great. Today she is going to meet some friends (aka Mike, Derek, Donnie and Heather). Hope everyone had a great holiday!
On another note, Liz's grandmother is having a rough holiday season. Our prayers go out to her and we hope that she can recover and live well.
Note... again, I will try and post pictures ASAP...
posted by Chadwick at 2:44 PM
2 Comments:
Way to go Emma. Way to go Elizabeth and Chadwick. We think of you often and include you in our prayers. Peace and love , Bonnie and Larry
Wow, that's all wonderful news! Emma is so strong, I'm in awe of all the strength and spirit in her little body.
Hoping Liz's grandmother sees improvement as well.
-Sara
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