Week 31, Day 4

Hannah had a good day today. The new vent settings and transfusion last night seem to have done the trick and her CO2 levels are looking better. She and Carla got to kangaroo for a couple hours, after which Hannah went back in her isolette and started looking around at us as if to say "hey . . . why'd we stop? That was working OK for me . . ."

She only gained 10 grams tonight, so after converting and rounding, she's still 2 lbs 14 oz. Maybe we'll hit the big 3-0 tomorrow. Her scalp IV left a bit of a welt on her forehead (it will go away), so she looked a bit like a Klingon tonight. Fortunately, Carla didn't seem to notice.

Since it might not be obvious to those of you who have lives outside of cyberspace, I'd thought I'd point out that any highlighted words in my posts, when clicked, will take you to some explanatory page or picture. I try to do that at least when throwing around medical jargon.