The Emma Report

Emma continues to do really well with her feeds… she was able to take 3/4 of her milk by bottle today (1/4 by gavage) and had another good try at breastfeeding. She’s shown some interest in nursing, but like most preemies, Emma tends to fall asleep and doesn’t have enough sucking power to really get any milk on her own. She’ll likely need another week or two (she’s currently 34 weeks) before she can really start breast feeding–but even then, it will have to be supplemented with bottles or the NG tube.

The team is also trying to slowly wean her off oxygen, so she was “tested” a few times today by removing the nasal prongs entirely. Her nurse also changed her NG tube this afternoon, so I took the opportunity to snap a photo of her beautiful face, completely tube-free:

Emma also had her first Mom-assisted bath today…. until now, the night nurse has always been bathing her (mostly because it tends to be a bit less hectic in the NICU/SCN overnight), but today, Mom was able to join in the fun

Eric reports that Emma was more sleepy and lethargic this evening (she also had a couple of spells while he was there). Hopefully, this was just because she had such a busy day, and is not the first indication of an infection, something we still have to be concerned about.

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