Home Sweet Home
Well, nothing beats a good home. While I wouldn't state that where Liz and I live is a great place, it has more than served its purpose. That being said, everyone gets attached to where they live after a while. So, it goes without saying that coming home to something like this is a bit of a suprise.
Apparently there was an electrical fire in the wall near one of the entrances. Oddly enough, I saw the maintenance guys working in the wall there earlier today. Coincidence, I think not.
Well, Emma had a big day today also. Her gestational age is now 34 weeks... which was the earliest that we were told that Emma could go home. Needless to say, Emma is not going home today or anytime soon. However, Emma did have a couple things happen in the past couple days.
Yesterday Emma had her eye exam and it went well. The doctor told us that Emma's eyes are progressing really well (we were told she has good eye genes). In fact, the doctor said that if Emma wasn't on the ventilator he wouldn't do anymore check ups. That was about as good as we could ask.
Emma has also had her feedings increased to 33 ml / 3 hours, and she weighs 1890 grams (well over three times her birth weight). In addition, Emma's ventilator settings are currently 20 breaths / minute and a pressure of 19/5. My uneducated guess is that if everything continues to go well, Emma will be on nasal CPAP early next week.
However, Emma's big news came early this morning. As I was holding Emma, the nurses looked as if they were going to change Emma's isolette (something that occurrs every week or so). But, instead, Emma got a crib! Emma has grown enough that she can now maintain her own body temperature! So, Emma has now accomplished one of the three things that Emma must do in order to go home (the others being breathing on her own or with only oxygen assistance and get all of her nourishment from bottle/breast feedings). Emma had a big day and we were very excited for her.
Awake and happy... although still in the isolette.
An artsy picture for those of you who appreciate that sort of thing.
Emma on the scale... also a pose we haven't done in a while the "Emma with Hands on Each End"... I think the last time we took this picture my hands were a bit further apart.
Emma being held and trying to look around...
Liz and Emma
Emma's new home!
Emma's foot and my hand
Emma holding my thumb
Fire trucks?
Apparently there was an electrical fire in the wall near one of the entrances. Oddly enough, I saw the maintenance guys working in the wall there earlier today. Coincidence, I think not.Well, Emma had a big day today also. Her gestational age is now 34 weeks... which was the earliest that we were told that Emma could go home. Needless to say, Emma is not going home today or anytime soon. However, Emma did have a couple things happen in the past couple days.
Yesterday Emma had her eye exam and it went well. The doctor told us that Emma's eyes are progressing really well (we were told she has good eye genes). In fact, the doctor said that if Emma wasn't on the ventilator he wouldn't do anymore check ups. That was about as good as we could ask.
Emma has also had her feedings increased to 33 ml / 3 hours, and she weighs 1890 grams (well over three times her birth weight). In addition, Emma's ventilator settings are currently 20 breaths / minute and a pressure of 19/5. My uneducated guess is that if everything continues to go well, Emma will be on nasal CPAP early next week.
However, Emma's big news came early this morning. As I was holding Emma, the nurses looked as if they were going to change Emma's isolette (something that occurrs every week or so). But, instead, Emma got a crib! Emma has grown enough that she can now maintain her own body temperature! So, Emma has now accomplished one of the three things that Emma must do in order to go home (the others being breathing on her own or with only oxygen assistance and get all of her nourishment from bottle/breast feedings). Emma had a big day and we were very excited for her.
Awake and happy... although still in the isolette.
An artsy picture for those of you who appreciate that sort of thing.
Emma on the scale... also a pose we haven't done in a while the "Emma with Hands on Each End"... I think the last time we took this picture my hands were a bit further apart.
Emma being held and trying to look around...
Liz and Emma
Emma's new home!
Emma's foot and my hand
Emma holding my thumb
posted by Chadwick at 8:29 PM
2 Comments:
How exciting to be in a crib now! That's one big check off the list. I'm looking forward to hearing about any other checks. Emma, you're looking beautiful. Congrats to mom and dad for passing on more than just good eye genes. :)
Good eye genes!? Obviously not from your side.
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