Monday, February 6, 2012

NICU Day 27 (January 3rd)

We are thanking God for another good day with Noelle.  She was quite opinionated today and was letting everyone know that she wanted to be left alone!!  They think it's a good sign that she is feeling better while on the other hand, it is giving us a glimpse of what we're in for!!  We'll take it though!!  The echocardiogram revealed that she had a very small PDA (opening in her ductus); however, they did not hear a heart murmur today so they think it may have closed off and will check again in a couple of weeks to confirm it...HUGE praise!!!  She gained again and weighs 610 grams although they believe she will drop some of this as she is retaining fluid right now.  But, she is looking bigger and is not overly puffy so they think some of it is actual weight gain along with the fluid, so hopefully when she starts feeding again on Saturday we will really start seeing those numbers climb.  Overall, it was an uneventful day (and we love those!!).  The main goal of the doctors right now is to get her weaned off the ventilator.  It's important they do this soon as the longer she is on it the more likely she is to get lung disease.  Thank you so much for praying for our little girl!!  I hope we can report another good day to you tomorrow.

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