Morgan has had a pretty quiet week. She seems to be fully recovered from her infection but has not made much progress as far as her ventilation is concerned. She is on dopamine again to help her urinate, morphine to keep her from squirming, and of course the oscillator. Today is her last day of antibiotics and then she will receive another echocardiogram tomorrow. From there they will most likely confirm that she needs surgery to resolve her PDA. From all reports it's a pretty routine procedure as far as preemies are concerned. And in most cases babies tend to have much better progress on the ventilators once they have had a few days to recover from the surgery. John and I are eager for her to have it so that her breathing improves.
She is also gaining weight bit by bit although they temporarily took her off her feedings because she was spitting them up. Her stomach is also big and round but since the x-rays show everything to be okay they said they'll probably start back up tomorrow and see how she does.
Below is a picture of Morgan on her tummy. Next to her is a rattle that my boss gave her.
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