Sunday...

Emma has had a pretty good week overall. She finished up her medicine tonight (yahoo), but, as history has told us, she has a good chance of getting sick again on Tuesday night. Fortunately, a couple things appear different this time - 1) she has a different type of infection this time; 2) Emma had had a lot of mucous in her lungs.... not so much anymore; 3) she seems much more active, alert and healthy than she had been.

On other fronts, Emma has had a great week. One big step... the nurses no longer have to weigh Emma's diapers... Sounds like an odd milestone, but it shows that the doctors have faith in her digestion and "waste disposal systems."

Emma also now gets a whopping 20ml of milk every two hours... which means she will hit a milestone next week... because the current milk "tubes" (I can't remember what they are really called) only go up to 20ml... so, Emma will be graduating to a bigger milk "tube".

Emma has been growing also... in fact, Emma is now over 1600 grams... meaning she has gained over a kilogram since birth! This is also good news because it means that the doctors will begin to ween her off of the isollette in the upcoming week or so... meaning she'll be in an open air crib before long!

Emma's lungs also continue to improve. As I think I last stated, she was at a rate of 40 breaths / minute and a pressure of 28/6... today she is at a rate of 37 with a pressure of 23/6.

So, Emma has had a big week, although the upcoming week will be just as big. First off, a bath tomorrow night. Then, we have to see how she reacts to being off her medication. In addition, the plan is to give Emma her "2 month" immunizations. Also, the doctors are seriously looking at giving Emma another go at nasal prongs (nasal CPAP to be exact) later this week... So, another big week is coming up, and we are excited to see what happens...