Emerie did great with her bottles over the last 24 hours and as long as she passes her "carseat test" tonight, we get to take her home tomorrow. Premature babies sometime have difficulty breathing in a carseat because they don't have enough head/neck control to keep their airway open. Therefore, every baby born before 37 weeks gestational age has to pass a carseat test before leaving the hospital. I brought in Emeries carseat this morning and left it at the hospital. At some point tonight they will strap her in, put a pulse oximeter on her to measure her oxygen level and let her sit in the carseat on the floor of her room for 90 minutes. As long as her oxygen levels stay normal during the 90 minutes she passes the test. Most babies do well in the carseat test, so hopefully it won't be a problem.
Coming tomorrow.... Pictures of Maddy and Oliver meeting Emerie!!
Andy and Maddy left this morning for Camp Thunderbird. They are camping tonight with the Y Guides. It's eight kindergarten aged girls and their dads. I'm sure they'll be getting a lot of sleep....
First activity of the day.....
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