Friday 22nd February

Niamh is doing really well again today. As you can see she is happily snuggling her wookie and loving her new hat! She has so many comments on that hat, even the doctor mentioned it! ;)

She has been relatively stable and is doing well with her feeds and they have now been increased to 2.5ml/hour. Providing she keeps going well, they are aiming to up it to 4ml by early next week. It will be exciting to get her off the ventilation too as she will start to make little noises! It was changed today to a more gentle method of giving her breaths, so all good steps.

Her eyes looked like they were starting to open today. There are little black slits showing so not long now hopefully!

We have been asked to participate in a research trial. It involves adding extra protein to her milk feeds to help her grow. They already add some to my milk but this is a higher amount. We are going to some reading about it and then make a decision, but it seems to be a good idea. We have the weekend to decide.

Niamhs blood transfusion yesterday went well, and she is much pinker today! She was looking a little pale the last couple of days.

Once again I got home to a pile of pressies for Niamh! The Giddy aunts have really spoiled her! Thank you so much girls, we really appreciate it and the time and effort it took to put it all together(Special thanks to Leoni and her homemade fudge and beautiful artwork). Niamh got some beautiful, special premmie clothes as well as some handmade outfits and new hats for her to wear too! She has done so well, I can't believe it! Niamh is a lucky girl :)