3 weeks

Sunday marked Kennedy's 3 week birthday. We took rice krispy treats in for the nurses and also brought in the bear from the flower arrangement Dan and Elizabeth sent. We can't leave stuffed animals in the issolette, so we just brought it in for pictures so she can see how small she was compared to the bear when she grows up. She has been doing really well. First let me correct myself- I thought she was getting 1 cc of breast milk and it was actually .2 cc, but she got upped to .5 cc as of yesterday. They are also turning down her ventilator setting and trying to wean her from it so they can switch her over to a CPAP that will still give her the positive air pressure to help keep her airways open, but is a step closer to being able to breath on her own without any equipment. This will be fantastic because they can remove the breathing tube from her mouth and switch to a nasal cannula and we might actually get to see her whole face including that elusive top lip that is always covered with tape. She has been as fussy and feisty as ever and has been opening her eyes a lot but Daddy and I are still trying to see what color they are. She has also started to use a pacifier. Its preemie size, but it is still huge next to her. Gail , our primary nurse, decided to give it a try after Kennedy kept sucking loudly on her breathing tube during one of our kangarooing sessions. She loves it. As of yesterday She weighed 1100 grams which is a little over 2 pounds 7 ounces ( a full pound over her birth weight!) and she measured 14 inches long. Oh yes and her diaper fits now!

Kennedy compared to the bear

Kangaroo time

Kennedy is getting bigger!