Plugging Along

Things are starting to feel almost normal around here today. Sadie is plugging along, still doing well. She came off the c-pap today and responded well. She's just hanging out growing and getting a little bit older. She even makes cute little cooing sounds and grabs my finger when I reach in to touch her hand. The hardest part about her status is not being able to pick her up and snuggle with her. She's so close to being able to be held that it just breaks our hearts to not be able to do so every time we see her. But . . . if that's our biggest hurdle with her right now, we'll take it!

Zoe, we're happy to report, is also doing really well (considering). About a day and a half ago, she was on the max doses and the max number of medications that the doctors could give her and her oxygen saturation levels were not ideal. But, over the last day and a half, her little body settled in some, her saturations levels look good, and the docs are dialing back some of her medications. The problem with her condition is that she's only got one really good lung right now and that lung has a hard time doing all the work. In response to the lung's stress, the vessels leading into her lungs constrict and blood tries to go back through the body without being oxygenated. The medications she's on work, among other things, to relax her veins, oxygenate her blood, and stabilize her blood pressure and as of today, the docs have been able to decrease her meds while maintaining her stability. So, the docs are VERY pleased with Zoe right now. Of course, we know that things could change at any second, mostly just because she's so little, but in the mean time, we have all decided that it's okay to be cautiously optimistic.

We were even able to have some visitors today and it was very nice to catch up with the outside world. I hope to get some more pics of the little girls when we head back down after dinner. Hopefully I'll have some by tomorrow morning.