Day 36 - February 28

I would wait to make this post tomorrow, but we got to hold Aubrey (for the second time ever) yesterday, so I guess I can post some pictures to keep parents/in-laws happy.  Here she is with mommy.

It was much easier holding her this time around without that darn breathing tube.  She was able to get a lot more comfortable, as you can probably tell from the picture.  Here's a picture of Aubrey and daddy.

The occupational therapist (OT) made another visit to Aubrey this morning, and after a better look at her leg the OT thinks her knee might be a little twisted also.  My understanding is that one of Aubrey's doctors requested an orthopedic consult with an orthopedic surgeon so that we can get a better understanding of why her foot/leg is a little twisted.  I'll update as I find out....

I didn't take any pictures of Paige the last few days.  We're mostly trying to leave her alone so that she doesn't have problems on the conventional ventilator.  For anyone interested, her current ventilator settings are PIP 29, PEEP 8, BPM 25, oxygen 30%.

Aubrey is on a flow rate of (looking up at settings...) 6 L/min, 28% oxygen on her nasal cannula.

Paige's feedings are up to 6 mL every 3 hours (4mL previously), and Aubrey's milk is being fortified by 10% (5% last post).

In other REALLY GOOD NEWS both girls had their first eye examination this morning.  Neither girl has any sign of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).  They still could develope ROP, but for now are OK.  I think they'll have another eye exam in 2 weeks.

Weight time:

Aubrey:
     Day 1 -   2 lbs 2 oz
     Day 8 -   2 lbs 7 oz
     Day 17 - 2 lbs 11 oz
     Day 27 - 3 lbs 1 oz
     Day 36 - 3 lbs 4 oz

Paige:
     Day 1 -   1 lbs 13 oz
     Day 8 -   1 lbs 12 oz
     Day 17 - 2 lbs 2 oz
     Day 27 - 2 lbs 10 oz

     Day 36 - 2 lbs 13 oz

According to an app on my phone, if they were still inside Andrea they would weigh about 3 lbs 12 oz