Mid-Week Update!

Breathing

So as promised, I wanted to update you guys on how Alexandra is doing with her new, lower pressure setting.  Her Xrays have been fine and she doesn't look like she is trying to work too hard to breathe, so that is good news.  One of the other things we look at is a blood test called a blood gas.  Her first blood gas came back just fine (relatively low CO2 and decent pH). Today she had another great CO2 level, so we are hopeful she can stay on her lower CPAP pressure (now 6 cmH2O).  Another good sign is that she has not been needing too much extra oxygen, unlike times gone by.

Vaccines

Alexandra finished her vaccines today!  She seems to have done fairly well, but she did have a few days where she was constantly hot and cranky (I think I mentioned that Monday night).   We're glad it's behind us.

Pictures

Due to the short turnaround after the last post, there aren't too many new pictures... but here are a couple.  As always, click on the picture to see it full-sized...

Taking a nap, waiting on Mom to come back from a dinner break

Suckering Dad into holding the binki as her old nemesis the sand man comes back again...