Off Antibiotics, On Diuretics

Audrey has officially been taken off antibiotics. After more than 48 hours, the samples that were sent off to the lab haven't grown anything, so the doctors feel pretty confident that she doesn't have a bacterial infection. What an answer to prayer. She seems active and healthy. 

The attending physician decided today to put all three of them on diuretics (again for Thomas and Audrey, and for the first time for Charlotte). They all still have relatively large PDAs, and she's thinking that the diuretic will help them and enable them to be weaned off of the CPAP. Only time will tell, but I'm a believer given what I experienced in their behavior following the first round of diuretics a few weeks ago. 

They all continue to tolerate feeds and grow well. Thomas is over 2 kilos (around 4.5lbs), and Charlotte seems to be safely above 4lbs. Crazy. Audrey is bringing up the rear but is still more than double her birthweight. I checked the most recent lengths today as well; they're all within a couple of centimeters of one another with Thomas longest, Charlotte in the middle, and Audrey as the most petite.

Oh, and Charlotte has been off CPAP since earlier this morning. It's just a trial, but so far, so good :)