Monday, February 6, 2012

NICU Day 31 (January 7th)

Noelle had a pretty uneventful today, and we LOVE those days in the NICU.  She continued to improve with her oxygen saturation and sat between 40 and 50% most of the day.  They started feeding her again this afternoon at a very low rate, and so far she is tolerating it well so they should be able to slowly increase it until she is eating the normal amount for her weight.  Hopefully, she will start gaining weight faster now that she is back on milk again.  Even with the sedation medication still in her system, she was awake and alert for awhile tonight, and we enjoyed getting to do the "normal" things again like taking her temperature and changing her diaper.  She is finally tolerating touch and different positions again although she still does not like to have her temperature taken.  For such a tiny person, she surely can arch that back quite well!!  She definitely has a fighting spirit (which will definitely need guiding later on...but right now, we love it!!).  The weekends are usually more quiet, so hopefully she will get some rest and continue to allow her heart to heal.  Thank you again for continuing in prayer with us!!

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