Sullivans' Travels: 36 1/7

Well, Emma has had a good couples days. She continues to grow and is awake and active for pretty long periods of time. She continues to do well without her ventilator, however, she seems to have slowed down on the pace she had been making with her lungs. At this point the doctors have not changed Emma's nasal canula flow and it does not appear that they will be taking Emma off her lung meds (lasics, i believe) for a while yet.

Emma did have an eye exam this week, and it went very well. The doctor deemed that Emma has great eyes, and she does not need to see the doctor again for a month. The eye doctor also told the nurses that there was no way that Emma was born at 23 weeks because her eyes are in way too good of shape for a baby born that premature. I was told the nurses told the doctor that he didn't see Emma when she was born, and she was definitely a 23 week baby.

Overall, Emma is doing very well. On average, Emma is eating ~60ml a day via bottle / breast, which is great. Emma consumes 320ml/day at this point, but you have to start somewhere. Emma also seems to be more cognizant of her surroundings and the people around her, as she is interacting more with people and will look around at moving objects or when she hears something new (like someone's voice, or a piece of machinery).

And, now... on to the pictures... as a treat today, we have a comparison of today and ~11 weeks ago...

TODAY