Emma Loves To Be Held

Emma continues to do well. They decreased her fentanyl 0.3 today 4/19. She continues to have low withdrawal scores now that they are taking it slower. She tried a bottle again at 8 am. She was supposed to take 20 ml but only managed 10 ml in 30 minutes. The rest went in through her tube. Emma's feeding tube is now in her nose down to her stomach instead of her mouth. She can't pull on it as easy and she can't play with it with her tongue. Emma does have quite the knack for burping though. Grammy brought Emma in a couple of special outfits she got on the way to the house last night. You can see one of them in the video from 4/19. Everyone oohed and aahed over her stylish attire. Emma also go her steristrips off her incision. It looks great! We will try and post a picture later. She still has a dressing over where her chest tube was. Emma gets to try to nurse later. Emma really loves to be held and we love holding her. We have been rewarded with some smiles while holding her. Grammy managed to get a picture of one on her cell phone. Not sure if we can post it. We are sure there will be many more smiles to come. Hugs to all of you.