Maycee opened her eyes long enough for me to get a picture of her.
Her first stuffed animal watching over her. Thanks Emily for bringing it by the hospital and sorry we missed you! This bear is going to be her watch me grow bear where we can compare her size to the bear every month. She is already huge compared to the bear, but we are grateful to have this in the hospital.
We had NICU parents arts and crafts time.
Day 8 in the NICU and it was another good day. Maycee started the day off right by weaning off of the nitric oxide around lunch time while getting her oxygen down to 50%. The goal is to get to 21% on the oxygen which is what the air we all breathe has. When she gets there and is able to keep her stats up, then they will extubate her breathing tube and move into more of a mask system. They have a few different options for that so it will just be a matter of seeing what she prefers. Her morphine is down to .01 from the .02 it was at. They want to still keep her pretty inactive but also need for her to be able to be aware enough to do things on her own when its time. She also took the last of her antibiotics today, so unless something else pops up, she won't need anymore antibiotics. They actually were able to get all of her IV stuff attached to her bed tonight, so no more stand alone IV trees.We are headed to bed tonight excited about her progress but also nervous about getting to the point where they take the breathing tube out.
3 comments:
Keep it up Maycee! Love those cute little eyes.
She is strong you guys. She can do it!!!! Have faith in your giant spirited daughter. I do totally understand your nervousness though.
Sounds like your sweet Maycee is making great strides in the right direction! I love your art project...you will have to put it in her baby book :o) Big hugs.
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