What A Big Day

When we got back from lunch today Emma's nasal cannula was totally off. Yeah! She is doing well without it. She will have another chest xray tomorrow that was requested by her surgeons. As of Sunday the chest xray showed Emma's left lung is not as inflated as they would like it to be and her heart is shifted a bit to the left because of it. They have Emma laying on her right side to help the heart shift and the lung inflate. The good new is that even with this going on the level of oxygen in Emma's blood is good and she is handling it well. Emma tried nursing twice today and did a great job for a first timer. She has a tendency to get worked up and want to fuss. She did get to breathing fast and had to take some breaks. But, for someone who's been through what she has in her short 20 days she was a champ. They are going slower on increasing her feedings because she has spit up a couple of times. At times it looks like she is having problems with reflux. She might be following in daddy and Uncle Adam's footsteps on that one. They are also keeping the head of her bed up now and had us hold her upright during her tube feeding. She is getting just under an ounce at each feeding. Hope you enjoy the videos from today. You can see how well her incision looks. Emma also was very pleased to have the picture of her big sister Cloey put in her crib. She moved her hands to try to touch the picture and just stared and stared at Cloey. You also may hear a small explosion in one of the videos that Emma gifted mommy with. Emma is just doing so well and we feel so blessed to witness the results of all the prayers that Emma has received. Hugs, blessings and good night to all.