And what do you know...pulling the canula off again! A little later the nurse was trying to fix the sticker things on her cheeks because they were falling off (the stickers help to hold the canula in her nose). Once she was finished, Sydney pulled the canula out again! Ha ha ha!
"Oh! I have hands!!!" She was sucking really well on this orange, "newborn" binkie today. It's much bigger than the green, "preemie" one. She was very hungry when we got there today and then very calm and sweet when I held her today!
Looking up! And a profile view!
A big yawn while looking so cute in her yellow duckie outfit!
Here she is showing off the lungs she has! It's fun for us to hear her cry! We just don't get to hear her cry at all. Believe me, we can't wait to be hearing her cry at home! Not a common thing that parents say.
Caffeine test! Well, actually it's a blood test to test the level of caffeine in Sydney's blood. She did pretty well! She would cry, or sort of scream, and then calm down and be just fine!
This one is so sweet! We dressed her up in yellow today!
This happens to be one of my new favortive pictures! "OH!"
Grandma Nancy enjoys taking pictures of me admiring my little daughter! Obviously Sydney just makes me smile!
Each time she feeds she does these quick smiles! Which we try to catch on camera, and we thoroughly enjoy!
So a few days have passed by now. There hasn't been too much to update on, but Miss Sydney still continues to grow! She gains 20 to 40 grams a day, which means she is now 3lbs 7oz! She is still trying to maintain her temp and also wean off the canula. Believe it or not, this is a lot for her to do at the same time and still continue to gain weight. As she keeps packing on the "ounces" she will get bigger, then somewhat insolating her so that she can maintain that temp of hers. Just "baby-steps" and a day at a time. Over all she is doing well- - as usual. Sydney has been on a small dose of caffeine since she was born pretty much. This helps to stimulate her brain to help her remember to breathe and that type of thing. It's a common thing that is given to preemies. This last week they had to draw some blood to test her caffiene levels. Normally the nurses and doctors like to see the levels between 10 and 20. Sydeny's leves were 11.1. Good, but they might have to up her level a little. We'll see. As she grows, the dose she gets should increase. So we'll see what happens next. Sydney has had just two destats within the last few days, which is a great improvement! She does well on the canula, but we are noticing that she hates it more each day! You'll see in the last posted picture that she is pulling it out! A common thing she does! So just a small update from the life of Sydney!
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