Little One Makes Progress

Last night, Liz and I went down to the hospital again to see Cat. When we got there, we both said hi and started touching her, and then the nurse came over. She said,"Do you see anything missing?" We take another look and we both realize...her cannula is gone! No more nose tube! They had taken it off of her at about 7:30 yesterday morning, so by the time we saw her it had been 12 hours that she had been fully breathing on her own with no problems. Great success!

And the really fun part of the night was that Liz and Courtney spent some "Kangaroo Cuddle" time. Essentially this is just skin-to-skin contact where the mom can hold the baby right on her chest. This is important for both baby and mommy development. So they got to spend an hour like that. It was quite special.

And lastly, she's a little chow hound. They've increased her feedings again...she's up to 6.5 cc's. I guess she's taking to them very well, since the last few times they've found no residuals (left-overs) in her stomach afterwards.

So, overall, things are still going well. Baby steps, right?