I’m happy to report that Ella’s still doing very well. Last night I was at the hospital really late because Ella was pretty restless and I was finally able to hold her! The nurse and I tried to console her for nearly an hour before we finally got the idea that she just wanted to be held. Once she was in my arms, she fell fast asleep. It was a little akward because she still has around a million wires hooked up to her, but it was really good to finally get to hold her.

the doctor decided to continue her on Morphine for a while so that she can get better rest during this crucial recovery period. She’s starting to get her voice back again and make some real baby noises which is really encouraging. I think most parents would be less excited about that, but we’re both really looking forward to a good, loud, hard cry.

Ella’s been doing really well with her feedings and the doctor just doubled the amount, which means she will get 10cc of milk ever 3 hours instead of the 5cc that she got late yesterday. She’s still on the nasal cannula, but the flow was turned down from 5lpm at 23% O2 to 3lpm without any enrichment (21% O2) and her O2 saturation rates are steadily 97-100%.