A Visit From Papa

Lauren had another good day today! She was pretty awake for my visit today and good thing because her Papa (my dad) was with me. I think he really enjoyed being able to see her and he really liked when she would open her eyes. I think she is starting to respond more to my voice lately too. When I first went up to her, she was resting with her eyes closed and when I said "Hi Lauren" to her she opened her eyes to look at me. I held her for about 3 and 1/2 hours today and she did great. Her alarms didn't go off once! I am so proud of her. She is such a strong little girl. She is also on room air (21%) on her CPAP. She had been on anywhere from 24%-30% yesterday, so a good improvement. She is still gaining weight and is at 1lb 13oz. The nurse also said that the doctor had commented that she looked very good and that "she just looks like a new baby." We really hope that she keeps doing well and growing strong. I think having the PDA fixed really helped Lauren to get strong. It was hard to know exactly how much the PDA was affecting her and we are very glad that it's fixed. We are so lucky to have such a fiesty little girl on our hands.