Knock on Wood

Do I dare say it? Curly Q is actually making progress. It's slow. Still many steps to take before she can actually come home. BUT we actually have progress!! Curly Q is finishing up her round of antibiotics, but she acts a lot healthier. Her oxygen pressure is down to 3 liters. Her CPAP (elephant nose mask) was stuck around 7 for a long time. She seems to be doing well on 3. She's made it to 3 in the past, but never longer than 2 days. She's been on it for almost a week now! Progress! She needs to get down to at least 1.5 liters before they will let her start doing oral feedings.

Curly Q still has the special feeding tube that empties into her intestines. They have her on continuous feedings, so milk slowly drips 24 hours a day. Docs still want to leave it for 'awhile', and they haven't started talking about removing it. She's eating about 12 ounces a day. She's growing beautifully. All the nurses and doctors comment about how big she is getting. She's just shy of 7 pounds. In the NICU, that's huge!

So... let's hope and pray and cross our fingers that the progress will continue. Still no end in sight, but if everything goes well and the progress continues quickly, I think the earliest we can bring Curly Q home is still another 2 weeks away.