Today started off a bit scary but turned around fairly quickly.  When I called over to the NICU around 5:00 AM I was told that Zoe's blood gass had come back at 7.4 and a CO2 level of 71 (rather high).  I was kind of freaked out becasue it had been so good the day before and Zoe had done so good all yesterday and all overnight.  Dr. Baker wasn't too worried about it, he saif that any blood gas drawn from the heel can have rather varying results, all depending on how squirmy or upset Zoe is at the moment.  All her stats had looked great and so Dr. Baker just said we would wait and see what happens after her 2:00 gas.  At 10:00 today the nitric was turned off on Zoe and she did great, it didn't even phase her at all. She had to have her oxygen turned up from 22% to 35% for an hour or so.  After an hour we were back down to about 28%.  She slept comfortable all the rest of the day, waking up occasionally to check things out. 

I was able to hold her again tonight for an hour and half skin to skin.  It's the best feeling in the world.  I can feel her little heart beating and hear her breathing.  I think I might  love it more than she does.  All in all, a great day for both Zoe and I.