Briana has been doing excellent. She's still on oxygen and the nurses are still attempting to ween her from the oxygen so that she can breathe on her own. Briana varies between 21-25%, which is very good. However, every time the nurses attempt to lower her oxygen take she will tolerate it for a while and after a couple hours will get pooped out. After that the nurses will turn up the oxygen for a bit and then the process starts all over again.

The feedings are going great as well. Briana is now taking 12 cc every four hours. She's still having little to no residual.

I also got to hold Briana for a total of 3 hours today. It's always amazing getting to spend time with her. The first round of holding her consisted of both of us taking a nap together, I was so tired and it's so relaxing after holding her for awhile. The nurses were teasing me telling me that the NICU must be starting to feel like home if I'm able to sleep but little do they know that I can pass out anywhere!

The second time I held Briana today was also special. I came back after having some dinner and went to see her and she was just smiling up a storm like she was so excited to see that I was back. When she was in my arms she was still smiling and she looked up at me and gave me two really loud coos, the loudest I've heard thus far. She was talking to me! It's was amazing to see her really interact. After that she was up for a while and then fell asleep in my arms, a perfect end to a perfect night.