July 29, 2009

Brianna had another great night and is having a good day. I just got off the phone with her nurse and they just finished rounds in the NICU. Brianna is still maintaining a great sugar level with no insulin. Her chest x-ray again this morning was great there is no air and no fluid noted on the chest x-ray. Today they are going to turn off the suction on her chest tube and see if things remain stable without the suction being on. If it goes well they are planning on removing her chest tube possibly tomorrow. Once the tube is removed they said I would be able to hold her! She is down a tiny bit of weight since yesterday by 1 and 1/2 ounces but they are actually happy about it she never did loose any weight after birth so this is exactly what they wanted to see happen...it scares me because she is so little but they said its a good thing so I'm going with the flow. She is also doing great with her urine output and pooping on a regular basis so they have decided to increase her feedings to 1 cc of breastmilk every 2 hrs instead of every 4 hrs. The nurse said she is very fiesty today and keeps trying to pull out her tube and they have to keep re-positioning her but it only lasts a few minutes before she is trying to remove something else....her nurse said she is a very stubborn determined little thing.......hmmm I guess some of my genes mixed in there somewhere! They are very happy that she is so active and said its a great sign of her strength. I can't wait for Brian to get home from work so we can go up and see her later.