She had some nice Kangaroo time with Daddy afterward which I think really helped to also calm her down. She relaxed and fell asleep in his arms almost right away which made the eye exam just become a distant memory for her.
We also, maybe....maaaybe might have some movement on the breathing "front" soon. The nurse mentioned that they were going to try weaning Anna to 8 hours off the si-pap but since she had to have the eye exam, they didn't want to push her. So instead, she will see if she can stay off si-pap on her next try which will be from 12am-8am this morning if all goes well. Today is day 8 of her being on the 6 hour cycles so I hope that she is able to tack on an additional 4 hours per day to her breathing. If she does then we anticipate that it won't be long until she will be breathing on her own fully. If she can't make the 8 hour span, then the little girl just needs some more time to grow.
Speaking of growing, she gained a nice chunk of weight last night! She was up to 1527 grams, but tonight when she was weighed she lost a little bit and is now 1516 grams (3lbs 5oz). Which is still great, it's an increase of 70 grams in the last 3 days! The nurse mentioned that it's not really how much they gain each day per se, but more about how much they gain every week in total. Somewhere around 150-300 grams per week is considered a good range for growth. And growing she is!! :) She is also up to 22 mls of milk every 2 hours!
So we'll update the blog as soon as we know anything tomorrow with her progress. Let's hope she will do okay, I know our little Anna is doing her best!
Here she is being put back into her isolette tonight. You can tell she has grown so much already in the past week or so:
Marta & Arthur
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