July 27th, 2007

We have reached to 1000 gram club! Megan weighs 1029 grams or 2 lbs 4 oz. It's funny to think that the 5 lbs most women struggle with on a daily basis is more than twice Megan's body weight. Bob gave blood...I would certainly be willing to donate some fat cells :)

She had a great night. The nurse said that she is getting a little more stable on her saturation each day. They turned down the settings a little more on her ventilator and she's tolerating that well. However, when I called I could hear her machine beeping in the background and the nurse said she new her Mommy was on the phone. Ha! Her blood gas test this morning was excellent.

She is still tolerating her feedings well. I'm anxious to see if they have added fortifiers to her breastmilk today.

I cleaned out her nursery this morning - next step is paint! Too bad I didn't realize earlier that 75% of the stuff I was storing in that room was junk!

Great visit with Meggers today! She was much more stable on her saturation rate and didn't beep once while we were in there. They took off the heart sticker that would maintain her temperature and she was doing very well on her own. She is no longer on Lipids or TPN since she is doing well with the breast milk. She is also getting fortifiers today, so she should be gaining weight!!

Her settings on the ventilator were turned down. Yesterday the machine was set to deliver 27 "breaths" per minute to Megan and today it was turned down to 18. She looked so cute in her HUGE pampers preemie swaddler diaper.

We were telling her all about what we are doing with her nursery and the plans for her baby shower. She opened her eyes wide open, so I think she was very exicted. I told her it was going to be decorated in frogs - green and yellow - she seemed to approve :)