Madeline had a reasonably quiet day yesterday. The nurses had to up her ventilator settings a bit because she was needing a little more help with her breathing. It's nothing too alarming and her oxygen saturation level came right back up to where they should be so if anything, it was just a reminder for us that while everything has been very stable, she's still in the NICU.
Now with the "bad" news is aside, the good news is that her bolus feeding went well this time and her stomach was able to handle 24 mLs over a 2 hour period. This is great because it's a critical step towards her feeding from a bottle and then on to breastfeeding. We still have a few weeks to go until they try the bottle but this is definitely counts as a passed milestone. Additionally, she passed another milestone with her brain ultrasound. The 4 week mark is the point where some pretty nasty complications can present themselves and I'm happy to report that the radiologist found nothing in her results. All in all, a good day for the long term prognosis, a little bumpy for the short term, and that's just fine.
After the shenanigans with the pacifier yesterday, I was excited to see what surprises she had in store for us but alas she was just a snoozy baby. She was comfortable for most of our time with her, opening her eyes a few times but she really just slept. Hopefully today, she'll be more awake for us and as always, keep growing so that she can home.
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