Noelle had the best day yet today according to the doctors. She turned
two weeks old today, and her progress is pleasing to all of them!! She
is doing so well on the new ventilator that they completely took the jet
ventilator away from her bedside today. Her lung has improved and no
longer has any collapsed areas, and they are hoping that they can wean
her from this machine and go to a CPAP machine within the next 10 days
or so. It would be incredible to have her breathing tube removed!! She
is tolerating her feeds so well that they have decided to start
boosting them every 12 hours instead of every 24. She still is not
anywhere close to what she should be getting, but at least she is slowly
increasing each day, and that is a great sign. The highlight of the
day was that Jill got to hold her for 3 hours!!! She snuggled right in
and went to sleep for most of the time, although we have started
discovering today that she definitely likes to be sucking on something
whether her fingers or the pacifier that the nurse found for her. It is
the smallest one they had, but it is still half the size of her face!!
Still, she took right to it, breathing tube and all and loved having the
tip of it in her mouth to comfort her today. She also reached 440
grams or 1 lb. in weight today, so that is another huge milestone for
us!! They are hoping to increase her caloric intake from the 60
calories she has been getting to a whopping 120 calories very soon and
would like to see her gaining about an ounce every two days. We thank
God for yet another good day in the NICU with our precious girl and pray
that He continues to use us as a testimony of His grace to all who are
watching her.
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