7 Weeks Old

If McKenna were still in momma’s belly, we’d probably have a suitcase packed, a car seat ready, her room as close to done as it could be, and Suzanne would have a cute/big belly. Since that is not the case, we have to do things a little different now, but that’s OK. Little miss muffin has made tremendous progress this past week. She was put back on nasal canula on Wednesday and has been doing pretty darn good since. Her blood gases were a little different than they had wanted, but decided to stick with it. They drew another gas on Saturday and that was very good so they decided that no more heel pokes until Monday. She has been receiving diuretics so that there isn’t any excess fluid around her lungs, which in turn makes her pee a lot, which in turn makes her loose a little weight. She is still hovering right around the 3-pound mark, one day she’s a little over and the next she’s a little under. Her milk consumption is up to 26cc every 3 hours. She gets a bath about every other day, which she is starting to do much better with. Another big step for her this week was that they gave her a different type of bed. She used to have what they call the Cadillac and now she has the Hyundai. This one has less options, less frills, and is just smaller. That’s a good thing though because she doesn’t need all of those frills anymore, so she was able to give up her Giraffe bed in case someone like her happens to make a early appearance. Have a wonderful week, we have!!