A Good Day!

Melanie had another good day today. Jeff was with her this morning and again right now. While I was with her this afternoon, she had to have a new pic-line put in because the one she had was not in far enough. They can't push it in further, they have to first put in a spacer to hold the place, pull out the catheter and then try to put in a new one in it's place. They thought it would take about an hour....well it took about 20min. They were able to accomplish their task the first time. Melanie did great. It took just a little bit to calm her back down after the procedure. If we could hear her cry I would have heard it today. You know when kids cry so hard they get the sniffles when their done...she had the sniffles when everything was done. I just wanted to hold her close and tell her everything would be okay. Instead I had to settle with holding her feet and hand and telling her through the top of her bed that everything would be okay. She is so strong already and not even two weeks old. Her breathing patterns today were a little different then they have been. She is taking more short, shallow breaths. One of the nurses told me today to quit watching the monitors. She said even though her breathing is different she is still maintaining her stats so there is nothing to be concerned with. She is doing just fine breathing the way she is. Other than that she has had a good day. I wasn't able to hold her this afternoon due to her procedure and my timing, but I know Jeff is holding her right now as I type this. He told me he was going to hold for an hour or two, maybe even three if he fell asleep :) I don't expect him before midnight. He is tired and he LOVES holding his baby girl on his chest. I'm pretty sure they will both be snoring logs over there in nursery 1. I'm going to go try to do the same!!
Here is a picture of her sleeping peacfully. She's on her right side (her favorite side) with one arm on her CPAP and the other sticking out. She has both of her bean-bags on for comfort (to make her feel like she's in the womb or being held tightly). She's just as snug as a bug in rug :)