Day 19 Update

Quickly: Emma is still working at losing some of her fluid that she's been retaining. Her little tummy is a bit bigger this evening, but after x-raying it the docs believe that it is most likely gas. Her abdominal ultrasound today showed that her liver is still enlarged and that there is still a pocket of blood around it. They don't know why this is, but it isn't getting bigger and a close eye will be kept on it. When it comes to the brain scan, it shows that her bleed is still resolving, some of the ventricles are slightly dilated, and there are signs of mild hydrocephalus.

Abigail is doing better on her vent today, but as we know she likes to scare the pants off all of us at any moment. Potassium level is 4.5, and her sugar is still elevated but decreasing. As for Abby's brain scan they didn't seen any change which is good news that it isn't getting worse. She also had some slightly dilated ventricles, and signs of hydrocephalus. We spoke with one of the Neo Docs about this and she said at this point it may all resolve itself, so we are praing hard that God will help their little brains heal without any interventions.

A bit of sunshine today: As usual Patrick goes by to see the girls in the morning on his way to work. This morning when he walked in the nurse asked Pat to help her out. The help she needed gave Pat the opportunity to hold Emma for a short while. I think it melted his heart to get to hold one of his babies. What a bit of sunshine to a day that started off a little rocky!!!