Daddy's turn...

Daddy got to hold Emma today for the 1st time. She is 8 weeks old today. He loved every minute of it. She did not require any extra oxygen while he was holding her. Yea!
So after Emma's great blood gas this morning, they went down on the rate (on the conventional ventilator)from 60 to 55. They did a blood gas after that and an x-ray. The blood gas was good. The x-ray looked the same with one side very hazy. So they rotated her with her other side up. Within minutes she went down on oxygen from 98% to 80%. They went down on her rate again from 55 to 50 and then to 48. We went in at 4:00 p.m. and her oxygen was down to 66%. Her blood gas at 6:00 p.m. was good so they are going down on her rate at 3:00 a.m. from 48 to 42. They will do a blood gas at 6:00 a.m. and see how she tolerated the rate drop. We are holding our breath and praying that she continues. They said they are going to keep pushing her as long as she is tolerating it. She seems better and is loving to be touched now. We'll see what tomorrow holds. Please pray for no infection. That is the last thing she needs right now during this process.
Miss O. is doing well. She has taken her bottles well today. 38 ml. is her full feeds. She took a 38, then 38, then 28 (because she ran out of time - they only allow 20 minutes for feeding so they don't start burning calories), then 38. So we are on a roll. If she keeps this up I could be rooming in with her very soon. Again we wait and watch.
Thanks again for all the love and support!!! We appreciate your prayers and encouragement - it really is what the foundation of our daily walk and this whole journey is made of. Thank you for your comments in response to the blogs. I love reading them!!!!
I can't wait til the day when I get to put our twins side by side and take a picture of them together. Someday I'll post that picture on this blog spot!! : ) Won't that be a happy day!!
Love,
Bethany