Here's lookin at you!

Overnight, McKenna opened up her left eye, so now both are open. Yesterday was a BIG day for us!! We got to the hospital late morning and McKenna was doing pretty well. The Dr. came in and said that he really wanted Suzanne to "Kangaroo" McKenna. Kangaroo is when mom or dad holds baby skin to skin. It was quite a production to get this to happen. They had to be able to move all of her wires over to the bed that they brought in for Suzanne to lay on and they had to move her vent. Suzanne got to hold her for over an hour and McKenna really seemed to like being with mommy. After Suzanne was done holding her, it was the same production getting her back to her Isolette but did so without a problem. Suzanne really enjoyed her time with McKenna and this was the first of many times to come for her to "Kangaroo".

One of the NICU doctors came to talk to us yesterday about McKenna's progress and told us that they have kind of hit a Plato with what they can adjust. When she is ready, they will make the necessary changes. This is certainly not a bad thing, it was very expected. On a really good note, they have yet again upped the amount of milk that she is getting to 5cc’s every 3 hours and that is up from 3.5cc’s every 3 hours that she was getting yesterday. They have given her more of the All in One IV which contains all the sugar so that means her blood sugar is all out of whack again so back up on the insulin that she gets. It is definitely a roller coaster but if we hang on and stay patient, we’ll get through.

As easy as it is to be happy for the progress that our little girl has made in just over a week, I am very sad to have to attend the funeral services today for my co-worker and her son. Love to all.