Emily now weighs 1880 grams (4 lbs, 2.3 oz)
Emily was moved onto the nasal cannula today! The doctor just wanted to try it out for two hours and see how she did. He also expected her oxygen requirements to go up to between 60% and 80%. Emily had other ideas however, and has been on for twelve hours at the time I write this post. Her O2 requirements only went up to 40-50%, wheras on the CPAP she was requiring 30-40% oxygen. Mom also tried bottle feeding Emily a little bit today. She managed to take a total of 5 cc’s. Mom also gave Emily her first real bath, which entailed being put into an actual bathtub with water in it. She didn’t even desat!
I think it’s safe to say that our little girl will be home for Christmas this year!
Tony
Hey there! I am so excited for you and Emily. I have been checking on her a few times since I came in to work at 11 tonight. And what a suprise I had! She looks wonderful. I wanted to pick her up and cuddle this last time I popped in to see her(unfortunately, I was assigned to another room), but she was sleeping so peacefully I let her be. I am so proud of your strong little lady. I’ll keep a look out for your postings this weekend and I will see you early next week. Have a great weekend!
Luv, Rebecca
Praise God for such good news! Your post has made my day and I will be thanking God all day long. Amazing little girl, your Emily. Blessings, Rowena
My family and I pray for Emily every single night. We are extremely grateful to you for sharing your blog with us, and we are SO happy about the good news about Emily’s progress! We look forward to the post that you will make one day with Emily’s “going home” pictures in it!
Kristina in GA
(TFNT from WebMd)
We were so thrilled to check in today and see that Emily is on nasal cannula and doing so well! We remain very proud of her and can’t wait to see her Christmas photos, which we agree, will be taken from HOME!
All of our continued prayers and wishes for Emily’s continued remarkable progress. She is an amazing little girl.
Abby, Sharon, and Hallie
This is such great news! I am praying that she will be home to be overwhelmed with all of the wonderful presents she gets under the tree this year!! She is looking great!
Susan