2/7/12
They attempted to wean Danika's oxygen down more. They put her on .5% flow over night and she didn't do very good. Today was a "one step backward" kind of day. Working that hard really tired her out to where she was just exhausted and they had to finally put her higher than she was before they tried her on the .5% flow. She is now on 1.5% flow. It was really hard for me to leave her today, but I keep telling myself that God has her in his hands. At this point, I feel like she needs the oxygen to much and she's never going to get off it.

Daddy was singing to her today. It seems to calm her. The nurse said that she had a very restless day today. She was more agitated than usual. Me and Daddy got there and she did so much better! She pulled her feeding tube and nasal prongs out today! Nothing new! The other things that seem to calm her are holding onto something like our fingers, putting her fingers in her mouth, hearing mommy and daddy's voices and kangaroo care! :)

The above picture makes me laugh! Jess put her foot back in her little huggie that she's wrapped in, and that's the look Danika gave her. lol The attitude starts early!!! Today Danika hit the 3lb milestone! She is 3lbs 2oz!  Her feeds are up to 28cc's. We tried non-nutritive breast feeding but it didn't work out all that well. She got a little bit of milk and didn't know what to do with it so she choked. She doesn't understand that she needs to swallow yet.

Her Occupational Therapist came in and showed us how to do massage therapy on Danika's hands and feet. It always takes her a little while to realease the tension in her hands when I'm trying to massage them. But her absolute favorite thing is to get her feet rubbed. It's crazy how quick it calms her down. She just sits there and looks around and is completely content to let you rub her little feet!

She has her first eye exam tomorrow to see if she has ROP. The nurse told me that I don't want to be here for it because the exam will really stress Danika out. She has to get her eyes dilated and then they use a metal device to hold her eye open while they shine a light into them. I haven't decided if I'm going to watch her eye exam or not yet.