May 30, 2009

Sarah is 12 weeks old!! Only 2 weeks until her due date! Sarah is almost drinking the full 8 bottles a day. She pulled out her gavage tube and they nurses haven't had to put it back in yet :). Sarah weighs 6 lbs 5 ounces and is getting bigger and bigger! She has boobs! lol. Eric got to come see us this weekend and he has been cuddling with Sarah a lot. When I am there she gets held about 6 hours a day at least. She gets to be spoiled now though, cause she has been through hell these past 12 weeks. She is doing really well still and is growing like a weed!

May 26, 2009 & May 27, 2009

Sarah couldn't be more perfect or cuter. She weighs 6lbs finally! She cant seem to get to drinking 8 bottles a day....she gets tired too easily. Her respiratory support on her vapotherm is lower so she has to work harder....but she is still doing so well. I hope she gets to drinking 8 bottles a day ASAP....but she has to do it on her own time and right now that is what we are waiting for.

May 24, 2009 & May 25, 2009

Sarah is 5 lbs 14 oz. She is 18 inches long!! Sarah got a bath today and she really seemed to like it! She is continuing to do well and she is eating up to 6 bottles a day(her bottle is bigger than her head). Her preemie clothes are getting too small and im hurriedly trying to cycle out all of her clothes so she can wear them at least once. :)

May 23, 2009

Sarah weighs 5lbs 13oz and she is taking 6 bottles a day now!! She has issues with bringing herself back from desaturating really low....but altogether its not something that counts against her. She has successfully grown out of most of her preemie clothes but her feet are still too small to be in some socks. She is doing exceptionally well!! Today she was "mommy's little jelly bean" :)

May 21, 2009 & May 22, 2009

Sarah has been taking up to 4 bottles a day. I gave her a bath tonight and she is way slippery....but now she smells good and like flowery farts rather than just farts. She got her settings dropped a little on her vapotherm and she weighs 5lbs 7.5oz. She is still, as you can see, doing amazing!! From what I hear Sarah's bedroom at home is painted now and soon we can move in her stuff!!

May 20, 2009

Sarah took 2 whole bottles today!! She paces herself really well and she doesn't rush. She actually has to work around a rather large feeding tube and its hard to get a good seal. She gets kinda tuckered out afterwards so she gets to sleep on me for about an hour after her bottle. I kept the bottle she used tonight so I have a momento of this occasion! She is having some reflux issues that are causing her to arch and get agitated....she hasn't spit up yet. She is beginning to grow out of all her preemie stuff....half of which she hasnt even worn....so right now I am racing to get her into new clothes every day so she can wear them all. And she looks adorable in everything we put her in!

May 19, 2009

SARAH HAD HER FIRST BOTTLE!! She drank 31 out of 38 cc's and we gavaged the rest. She did so good!! She got her eyes checked today too! Her eyes are fully formed and out of danger of retinal damage. I am so proud of her! :)

May 18, 2009

Sarah has been such a trooper today. Lots of changes for her. Most of my little missions today were achieved. They dropped Sarah's vapotherm settings. YAY!! AND they let us try to bottle feed. She only took 1cc and it went down the wrong pipe....but she gets a mulligan tomorrow and hopefully she will do better!! I am so excited that we are starting to nipple!! yay!! She stayed the same weight....apparently she had a big poop that evened her out...hopefully she gains tomorrow. The picture gives you an idea of how little she still is....she looks huge to me but she is still so tiny!

May 16, 2009 & May 17, 2009

Sarah is growing like a weed! She is 10 weeks old, She is 5lbs 5oz and 17 1/8 inches long. She continues to do really well. I am hoping they can lower her vapotherm settings and maybe we can get her to bottle feed soon. Keep your fingers crossed!

May 15, 2009

Sarah is 5 lbs 1 ounce!!!! She got a bath today and she loved it. She is slippery though!! She is still doing amazingly and is just so cute! Also adding a picture of Eric and I because we were cute that night! And the picture of the precious moments angel is like Dustin's angel that she has. Its so cute!

May 13, 2009

Sarah continues to do well on the vapotherm. They lowered her settings and she seems to be tolerating them well. She is about 4 lbs 13 oz and she is eating just over an ounce a feeding.

May 11. 2009

Sarah is now on what is called a Vapotherm. Basically a Vapotherm delivers humidified pressurized air with a basic nasal cannula. We can see her face!! she is doing really well and soon we can start to nipple her! Also check out my youtube account soon for updated videos! Username Lyndsay0202

May 10, 2009

Happy Mother's Day!! Sarah weighs 4lbs 8oz and is 15 1/2 inches long. She is getting better on her CPAP settings and may be going on a different breathing setup tomorrow. I am sorry I didn't get to the pictures yesterday....or tonight!! But I promise to post them ASAP. :) In the mean time enjoy little Sarah's old pictures and get ready for the new ones!

May 8, 2009 & May 9, 2009

Hello! Sarah is doing so well with her CPAP and she is getting stronger and fatter every day she weighs 4lbs 5.3oz. Eric came to see us and he can't believe how big Sarah has gotten. He calls her fiesty, :) I have a bunch of pictures that need posting...I will do that later today.

May 7, 2009

Sarah was extubated!! She is now on Hudson Prongs that deliver pressurized air to her. She looks so amazing!! I took pictures of the hospital today so everyone could see where Sarah is staying too! We are on the 4th floor in the NBICU/ICN. Its a beautiful hospital. Great Staff too!

May 6, 2009

Hello! Sarah is still doing amazing. We had and EKG today because her heart rate tends to race a little...we don't know why so we are looking into why it might be doing that. She is off Antibiotics and her settings on her ventilator are getting lower and lower. I am hoping soon she will be extubated. She still is in love with her pacifier....its so funny to see her fight with it to get it into a good spot with the tube. She is so cute! Not to be a conceited momma or anything but all of the nurses say she is so cute, the doctors do too!! Its great!

May 5, 2009

Hello everyone! I have been so busy lately that I haven't had much of a chance for updates. Sarah is in her crib now and she is doing really well with it. I love it cause I can get on a face to face level with her and talk to her. She loves her pacifier and is doing great with her sucking reflex. It is also helping her calm down a little. Her IV went out the other day so now she gets shots 3 times a day for antibiotics....its better than hunting for an IV on her already blown veins though. I just requested they give her tylenol before hand so she isn't in too much pain. She is getting so fussy lately that I think she needs to be extubated and put on another type of ventilation, they tape her at least once a day now. She hates the tube and tries to pull it out. She is continuing to blow me out of the water with how good she is doing!!

May 4, 2009 & May 5, 2009

Sarah is continuing to do really really well! She weighs 4lbs 8oz and is now in a crib! I will update more thouroughly tomorrow

May 1, 2009 and May 2, 2009

Sarah is continuing to do extremely well. Today I was holding her and she went cross eyed. LOL it was great. She got a new IV tonight. She was kinda upset about it but we gave her a pacifier and she was really happy with that....she has a sucking reflex and is doing really well with it. She is up to 4lbs 5oz. Today is also her 8 week birthday! Happy 8 week birthday!