Day Two

I'm afraid I don't have too many pictures to add today. We were able to take a fair number, but a lack of cables and chargers has limited how many I was able to upload. We'll make up for it tomorrow.






Audrey is doing really well. Her bloodwork results today showed that her clotting factors were normal, which is great. Her bilirubin was a little elevated - which is extremely common in preemies - so they put her under special lights to help with that.

My recovery from the surgery is also going well, I did have more pain today, but nothing too terrible. And I'm producing small quantities of milk, which is great for Audrey. In fact, they started giving it to her by nasal tube today!

We were shown a few ways in which we could care for Audrey today, as we're very limited in how much we can hold her it feels good to do what little we can. We can take her temp, clean her face, and I got to change her ver first poopy diaper! Who would have imagined how happy I would be to do that :) But it's a fabulous sign that her body is healthy and functioning. And it was an interesting challenge to have to do it while she was still inside the isolette.

We did get to hold her for a few minutes today, and hopefully we can start the "kangaroo care" which involves skin-to-skin contact soon. It's supposed to be great for Audrey, and will also hopefully help me get the milk going for her.

Audrey is also being weaned off of the nasal cannula. She was already breathing regular air, just with a little flow. Hopefully by tomorrow she will be totally on her own with that. It's really exciting how well she is doing. I can't wait to spend time with her tomorrow!