Phew

Finally a day with no bad news!  Miss Karsyn is responding very well to the changes made yesterday.  When we left yesterday her oxygen was at 99%, by 6:00 when we called to check she was down to 70%, and by this morning she was at 50%!  This is definitely a welcomed improvement.  Her heart rate has always been high…in the 180’s and today she was in the 150’s!  The doctor said her chest xray this morning showed that the inflation in her lungs had gone down and was alleviating the pressure on her heart.  Needless to say Jeff and I were thrilled to hear something positive about sister!  Now, obviously this is all taking place with her pretty much out of the equation (knocked out), so hopefully in the next few days they can get her oxygen down a little more and will be able to slowly bring her back to reality.  So our main concern/prayer is that as she’s brought back into the equation that she will continue to respond well. 

Kaden is still trucking along.  They’ve increased his feeds again to 12 cc’s and will add fortifier to my milk tomorrow.  The fortifier adds more protein and calcium (and some other things I can’t remember right now) that preemies need to help them grow.   They did a does of diuretics last night and will do 3 more doses over the next 3 days.  Their hope is to be able to try CPAP again on Friday or Saturday.  I was able to hold Kaden Kangaroo style today.  Skin to skin aka Kangaroo holding is the best way to hold preemies as it keeps them warm and they love the skin to skin contact.  I held him for almost an hour and loved every minute of it!!

Look at that tiny little head!!

Happy mommy! 

a quick pic before they closed the top again!!

and sweet sister still sacked out! 

The neurosurgeon from TCH is supposed to come over tomorrow to take a look at Karsyn’s cranial ultrasound and to discuss what course of action to take against her brain bleed.  Please keep her in your prayers.