Weight- 700 grams
Tube feeds- increased today to 2.4ml every 3 hours....
Oxygen- the same...thank the Lord
Disposition- Smiley
We don't have many pictures of her without anything on her face...but so far this is my favorite. We were allowed a few minutes of time without the C-Pap to let her nose unsquish. So here is my dear sweet Prudence.....its ok to say she looks like a little old man. The NICU mommies say most babies like Prudence will have two appearances. First they will start off like little old men. Oddly enough, the big head you usually see so characteristic of babies looks a lot more proportional when they are micropreemie. It takes a minute to get used to a micropreemie. The next appearance if all goes well is at 34 weeks gestation when they suddenly plump out- usually as they start either taking an actual breast or bottle for nutrition. Until then, I think this is the cutest little old man ever.
So today was peaceful again on the Prudence front. They discontinued her antibiotics since her cultures were still negative! Yay! And they are slowly weaning down her biphasic C-PAP to see if she can tolerate the lower rates. So far we are doing really well. She also had her cranial ultrasound today. It wasn't done until much later in the day, so we will have to wait for rounds tomorrow for results. We are praying that all will look good.
Lucy and I took a date day. Most of the date consisted of my mother and sister doing all the heavy lifting and watching Lucy, but I love our time together. We went and picked out a Build-A-Bear. She got a black kitty with a dazzly witch costume. We named her Halloween and let me tell you my little girl was so proud of her kitty she insisted on carrying her box (which is about as big as Lucy) all the way out to the car all by herself. It was fun. A little slice of normal in this crazy hectic time.
This is what happens when Lucy and Daddy get a hold of mommy's phone before dinner.....
It has been a tough day for me as a mom. The whole situation is so unfair to both my children. Lucy doesn't understand why most of the time she only gets half of her parents....why she is always having to be left behind. No clue as to why mommy hasn't been able to hold her in over a week now. And poor Prudence. I feel like I abandon my baby several times a day because of being forced to rest. Having to choose to go home and sleep and eat. Can't I clone myself so I can be mommy to both of these amazing children??? Please???? Or at least perhaps I need to get a life size cardboard cut out to put up when I leave. It might be just as useful as I have been lately.
I just love my babies. In ways and amounts that I never thought humanly possible.
Please keep praying for my sweet babies. Pray that we will get good news and continue with peaceful days with Prudence. Pray for Lucy to have peace and understanding.
Peace, love and joy from micropreemie world.....
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