7a.m.
Aubrey did ok through the night--the nurse said she had a couple of episodes because of reflux but stayed on 21% oxygen all night. She weighs 3lb 3oz. I'm tired of getting all these updates about her secondhand--I still can't see her. :( I know me not going into the NICU is best for her (and all the other babies--I'd be ticked if some other parent came back there all snotty), but I miss her so much. I might have to go up to the hospital and just look through the glass doors and see if I can catch her arm or leg waving around. I just need a glimpse. My heart hurts.
-Keli
5p.m.
So, I did go to the glass doors and stare inside. Actually Molly, her nurse today, called me earlier and asked how I was...when I said I was still congested, she said I should wait one more day. Molly said Aubrey had a good day--she was on 21% all day and the respiratory therapist turned the flow down to 2 from 3. They stopped her caffeine that she's been getting all this time for her lungs--the dr said caffeine can increase reflux. They increased her feedings a little as well. Lots of babies have gone home in the last few days, so they decided to consolidate them all into 2 of the 6 rooms so they could do some work on the other rooms; we lost our coveted space close to the glass doors where we'd been since she was born. They were moving her to the very front room. She wanted to know if Adam was coming to see her and hold her...she said
she would figure out a way to let me see her through the glass if I
came too, so of course I went. Molly bundled her up and gave her to Adam, then they unhooked all of her cords, re-hooked her oxygen to a portable tank, and came up to the doors. She was wide awake and waving an arm and looking all beautiful and sweet and I stood in the hall, separated from her by glass, staring at her and crying. I'm so glad Adam got to hold her for a while, but good grief I need to snuggle my baby girl! Maybe by the weekend...
-Keli
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