Looks like we are holding steady...

Hello. We were able to take Alyssa to the NICU today. It looks like Emma and Olivia are holding steady right now.
They've lowered some settings with Emma and she is adjusting to them. They took away the nitric oxide today. This is good and we will pray that she can adjust to do without. She is about 60% oxygen, which is up because they took away the nitric. That is o.k. She might go down on it overnight as she adjusts. She had an x-ray this morning and it was better. Her feeds are going great as always. She likes her new big girl bed. She loves to be swaddled and just looks around. She is very sweet!!
Olivia is still off of oxygen but her body is trying to adjust. Because she has chronic lung disease, her body is holding some more fluid and she has started to sleep more. She has not been taking her bottles because of it so they have been tubing it. She is just tired. They also noticed she had gained a quite a bit of weight (90 grams). They are again thinking it is partly fluid. So they put her on lasix which should help. They don't want her back on the oxygen so we'll see how this helps. Some babies that have chronic lung disease will go home on some kind of diaretic. She very well might. She had a stool but it was because they chipped her. Hopefully she will start stooling on her own. She did start her feeding schedule and by Thursday, if all goes well, she will be on full feeds at 36 ml.
So we will just see what another day holds. Please keep praying that their lungs will continue to heal and that they will have strength to do what their body needs.
Love and Goodnight!!
Bethany