Eye Exam

Emma has had a great couple days. She continues to grow (almost 1500 grams), she is eating more (18 ml / 2 hours) and she is breathing better... but not great. Luckily she has been doing well enough that the doctors have come down on her vent settings some, but she is still at a higher pressure and rate than she was before the big spell a week and a half ago. However, she is taking baby steps.

Emma continues to be on antibiotics for her infection, which I'm told is a gram negative rod. That means something to someone I'm sure. She is doing well on the meds and is alert and attentive as ever.

Emma did have her first eye exam this week... and while the doctor told us that Emma's eyes are still premature (which we knew they would be), he did say that he was surprised to see that Emma's eyes are in zone 2. There are three zones of blood vessle growth in the eyes, with zone 3 being 100% grown / matured. From what I can gather the doctor (and everyone else) expected Emma to still be in zone 1... but, luckily she has good eyes.

Emma after a bath!

Emma sneezes like her dad... it's a full body ordeal.

This view is from one of the times Liz is holding Emma. Emma is situated on Liz's lap so that they can see eye to eye and talk. From what I've heard there has been some pretty serious discussions going on.

Emma looked so distraught after finding out the doctors didn't increase her food supply two days in a row.

And for those of you who read until the end...