Hannah, Day 16, Morning

One of the milestones we've set for ourselves was the day that Carla could actually hold Hannah in her arms. Hannah's been connected to a respirator, a chest tube, an IV, two catheters, two electrodes, and a temperature sensor, more or less since she was born. That pretty much precludes taking her out of the isolette.

This morning, when I called to check, the nurse said Hannah had a very good night, with oxygen supplement down to 25% and the respirator rate backed off to 46 breaths per minute. Her chest tube (draining the lung leak) was removed last night, and one of the catheters was removed a couple days ago.

The nurse said she's ready today to be held in Mom's arms. We're excited, of course, and very encouraged.