Zoe had another great day today. The doctors were able to ween her off the nitric she had been on that helped expand her lungs. She has been doing great on low settings on the ventilator and so the doctors are talking about taking her off the ventilator and removing the tube that goes into her lungs. They might still do this tonight and if not tonight, probably tomorrow. She would then just be on a nasal canula that supplies oxygen and slight air pressure. I think she is so ready for this because she is reacting to the tubes down her throat more and more. The doctors are also talking about starting her on a feeding tube within a couple days- We can't wait!!
Zoe is also graduating to a real crib tonight instead of the little cribette she's been in. She's such a long baby (22.5") her feet touch the edge of the crib if she's not all curled up. She has been awake much of the day today with her eyes wide open. She is one of those kids who when she sleeps she is totally asleep and when she wakes up it's instant and she is totally alert. Jason got to hold Zoe again last night and as long as she's still doing great I should be able to hold her tonight.
The surgeon, Dr. Bliss, stopped back in today and was thrilled with how Zoe's recovering. Yeah!! So are we.
