Vision & Weight

Charlotte had another eye exam today. The eye drop medication seemed to bother her (as they warn it might) enough to put her back on CPAP for the day. She went off again around 9pm and has been good thus far. As for her eyes, she still has Stage 2 ROP in both eyes (praise the Lord that it hasn't progressed) and will received a follow up exam in another 2 weeks. Thomas and Audrey have their next exam in 1 week.  

Audrey is still off CPAP and seems to be doing better again, after her 24 hours or so of strange desats. She still has tachycardia (high heart rate) somewhat regularly; it seems like she just gets hot or annoyed easily, but what do I know?! She's still the slightest of the three, by far, but she's at least been gaining these past few days and is almost at 4lbs. There's talk of her starting to try bottle feeding sometime soon! 

Thomas' infected salivary gland seems to be almost healed at this stage. I'm not sure how much longer he'll be on antibiotics, but it will be nice when the IV can come out of his arm. He's pretty dependent upon his CPAP still (mostly set at 21% oxygen), but he certainly has no trouble putting on weight. I held him (and Audrey) today and could hardly believe how big he was, especially in comparison. My thoughts were just confirmed when the night nurse gave me his weight from tonight: 5lbs 2oz! Insane. It's actually plausible that Audrey would come home prior to reaching that same weight. I guess they each have their own journey...and they always will be unique. We're grateful that we get to be a part of them all and watch them unfold.