Well, Lauren is showing what a strong little lady she is again today. She still is wearing the CPAP for pressure, but she is not getting any extra oxygen anymore. She is breathing room oxygen (which is 21% in case you were wondering!)
We did find out that she has an "innocent" heart murmmur, which means that she has to be on medication to close it, for 24 hours. The doctors tell me this is very common with all infants, pre-term and full-term, and that there are no lasting side effects. They will do a scan tomorrow to make sure it is closed.
I'm hopeful that by this weekend she will be off the CPAP and we can try to start breast feeding. Then it is just a matter of her learning to eat and making sure she can control her body temperature before she can come home!
Tim and I both held her again this morning and we read a few books that I got at my baby shower. She really liked the book "Jamberry" that she got from her friend Abigail. :)
We are headed back to the hospital here in a little while. Please keep all of the other little babies in the NICU in your prayers as well. It really makes me thankful for the small problems Lauren is having when you see how tiny some of those babies are.
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