Enter the INCUBATOR!

As you can see from the pictures below, Savannah has moved into the "stable" category of babies, and they've put her inside an incubator. She is doing really well, receiving an ounce of milk every 3 hours. (a normal sized baby gets 8 ounces) The only thing that stinks about the incubator is that you can't really see her; there is a glare on the cover and you have to kind of press your face up to the glass to get a good look. But it is a good move for her. The difference between the incubator and the tray setup she had is that the incubator is not "radiant heat", it is more like central heat and air in your home. There is a constant flow of air going through her "box" and it keeps her warm. The only way we can touch her now is if we hold her at a feeding, or if we put our arms through these holes that you can see on the side of the incubator. Otherwise we can't really touch her. But she is getting bigger and bigger, last night she was weighed at 3 pounds six ounces, doing much better!

See how much her respiratory rate has improved?

Savannah inside the incubator

Angel looking inside

The infuser on top is pushing in Mom's milk

Angel humoring me; before I took this, she said,
"don't take a picture of me! I have no makeup on!"
but I took it anyway. She looks beautiful without makeup
on, right? What is she talking about!

Angel lifting up the cover

The incubator up close

It is so compact

My Wills and Trusts class

My friend Anne hitting my friend Brian
in the Kidneys

She is starting to accumulate a serious wardrobe!

Closer shot.

Her Crib, rocking chair, pack 'n play. My sister got the blanket with her name on it.

Savannah's room. The kid has a lot of stuff already.

More shoes

Another shot.

This is a hat and shoes my mom sent. How cute!

Update

I talked to Angel today who "kangaroo'd" Savannah. This means that she buttoned down her shirt and held Savannah skin-to-skin. This is supposed to be good for Savannah. Anyway, the doctor said she is doing well and might be able to be moved to an incubator as early as next week. Then she will start nipple feeding, which is sort of the I Ching of preemies, if she can do that, she will go home soon. So we are really excited and hopeful! The above photos are pictures of some gifts and her room. I also threw in there some pictures of one of my Wills and Trusts class and my friend Anne and Brian.

My ear is smooshed

wiping my umbilical cord. The doctors say it should fall off soon.

Mom wiping my butt

Scale

My ET light.

How fat am I?

Stretch!

temperature up close

Kicking the nurse

Taking her temperature

Her foot is as big as my thumb.

Fine I give up.

Ha! Kung-Fu baby double-kick!

Really yawning

Yawn...

I'll fight you all off! Kung-Fu baby!

Mom's milk. She eats almost an ounce now.

I'm pulling this off now.

woo! I love flailing.

smiling about something

From the top

Lot of room now, with so many machines gone.

Hello mom

Oh you're taping...

What's with the camera?

heres lookin at you kid

Closeup

Oh...hi there.

Give me five, dad!

So Sleepy....

I PIC'd me a winner!

Today I watched them pull Savannah's PIC line out. (Her Periphery Internal Central line) It was so cool! They basically pulled a string thinner than angel-hair pasta out of her arm, and there was like 8 or 9 inches inside of her. I guess that is why they call it a periphery internal CENTRAL line; it reaches way inside of her, almost to her heart. That sort of makes me shiver. Now that ugly IV is out of there. I am very happy about that.

That small black line is her blood line. It goes to her PIC line, her Periphery Internal Central line, which will be taken out soon.

Another pic

Angel journaling