Making Progress

Daddy holding Jolianne for the first time.

Jolianne's new bed.

Jo Jo made a lot of progress this weekend. After her tube was taken out on Friday she seemed like a whole new person. She opens her eyes and tries to look around. She tries to turn her head to get you in focus or try to see who is talking. She responds best to her Daddy's voice. Every time he talks to her when she is sleeping she tries to open her eyes to look for him. It is the sweetest thing in the world!!!! Daddy held his little princess for the first time on Saturday. I know that the picture is a little blurry but you can still feel how proud he is to be holding his little daughter. Jolianne also moved into a different kind of bed over the weekend. It is more open so it gives her a chance to regulate her own temp and get used to outside noises. They have increased her feeds to 10 cc's every hour. Not really sure how much that is because everything is in metric system!!! I really wish I would have paid more attention in school when they were teaching us that stuff. =( The thing that I do know is that is the max amount of food she can take at this stage. She is receiving no extra fluids, just the breastmilk. If she continues to remain stable she will be moved up to the 8th floor sometime this week. The doctor told Jeremy and I today that the 8th floor is the cardiac floor so she will be monitored for her heart only. The only things that they are watching right now is her temp, breathing and heart. If she continues to do well with her breathing and can maintain her temp on her own there will be no reason for her to be on the floor she is on now. I think that is all that is going on right now.

Thank you so much to Nana for the cute clothes she brought Jo Jo on Monday!!! She was wearing a pretty little pink onesie when I got there to see her today. I will post again when we get more news.

Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers. We are so blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives.

Jeremy & Crystal