A Journey to Forever: 1/3 of the way

6 weeks old! Hurray- 1/3 of the way! Kate has gained a whole pound. She's now just barely over 2.10 lbs. Kam weighed 2.11 lbs. when he was born at 28 weeks and he was considered big for his age. Kate is now at 31 weeks, if I had stayed pregnant.

Kam was born at 2.11 lbs. at 28 weeks.

Kate is 2.10 lbs. at 31 weeks

Kate is still cruising- she was moved from the CPAP to the Hi-Flow nasal cannula. All new things to learn about and settings. No more PEEP and PIP to confuse me. It's a lot more basic than the big machines she's been on. Right now Kate's on an oxygen flow of 6, but they want to reduce her to a 5. The last two nights she's been turned down to a 5, but she had a hard time breathing. She needs a little more time. Today she had a few brady's, which isn't very common for her, but still pretty typical for a preemie.

She's doing great on her feedings. She's had more vitamins, and iron added in and she's tolerating them well. She's being weaned from the hydrocortisone and the sodium chloride. The eye doctor looked at her eyes yesterday and so far they look good. It's a common thing for micro-preemie babies to get ROP which is when their eyes have been damaged from too much oxygen. She will continue to have her eyes checked once a week for this.

We took the kids up to see Kate on Sunday. They had the best surprise- the nurse let them each hold Kate for just a few minutes. They loved it! Kinnli was by far the most excited. Kaden was very nervous. Kale's my dare devil and the first to say he wanted to. And seeing Kam hold Kate brought a tear to my eye- from one preemie to another. Kennadi can't go in to see Kate because she's too young. At home I have pictures of Kate on our entry table and Kennadi takes the pictures down several times a day and kisses them. I know- she knows Kate!