Eric and I were up early again and headed to the hospital. The Ronald McDonald house is only about a four minute walk to the hospital, so it's nice being able to get some fresh air on the way over before being trapped in the busy NICU all day. We do leave for lunch and dinner, but are there pretty much all of the other hours of the day. Tracy was there again today and gave us an update from the night time. She had some more labs drawn and they drew some more blood cultures to see if the antibiotics were killing the bacteria yet. We learned that the 14-21 days didn't start until both blood cultures drawn were a final negative from the lab. That could be a while if this is a really bad bug like they say. She was down to 30-40% of oxygen requirement on her oscillator and her amplitude was between 19-21 all night. This was actually pretty good considering where she had been before. They said that they had to reposition her breathing tube today after seeing it was a little high on her chest x-ray. Her labs were ok this morning and her white blood cell count was up to 6.6, so 
that is a good sign. She is getting TPN still in her PICC line in her leg and she now has an IV in her left hand for blood and platelets, which she would be getting today. Her blood gas this morning was ok except her Ph was 7.19, so they would play with the numbers on her oscillator to help that. Tracy had her on her belly today, it kind of scared me because I have only seen her on her back, but she looked really comfortable again. She even had a bow on her head and what Tracy called bikini cut panties (preemie diapers cut to Emma size). This brought us back to Liz, our awesome nurse at Mease, who loved to get Emma looking and feeling great. She is still peeing, but still puffy, so we will see what her true weight is hopefully in a day or two. Her skin is still not great either. She has a couple of little scabs and open areas, but they said that her skin is so fragile, that it will take a while for it to mature.
that is a good sign. She is getting TPN still in her PICC line in her leg and she now has an IV in her left hand for blood and platelets, which she would be getting today. Her blood gas this morning was ok except her Ph was 7.19, so they would play with the numbers on her oscillator to help that. Tracy had her on her belly today, it kind of scared me because I have only seen her on her back, but she looked really comfortable again. She even had a bow on her head and what Tracy called bikini cut panties (preemie diapers cut to Emma size). This brought us back to Liz, our awesome nurse at Mease, who loved to get Emma looking and feeling great. She is still peeing, but still puffy, so we will see what her true weight is hopefully in a day or two. Her skin is still not great either. She has a couple of little scabs and open areas, but they said that her skin is so fragile, that it will take a while for it to mature.
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