Kangaroo Care

This picture is of Mommy and Callie having Kangaroo Care this week. It was such a treat! Mommy was alone at the Hospital while Daddy was at work and they asked if we wanted to try it. Basically, it is where Mommy holds Callie bare chest to bare chest, it is also called "skin to skin contact." They say that the benefits for Callie are that it stabilizes her temperature and heart rate, decreases stress, decreases pain, increases weight gain, improves brain development, and improves respiratory rate and oxygen stats. It was amazing! They put us behind a screen so that we had some privacy and I got to hold her for over an hour. They did come check her temperature half way through and it was just where it was supposed to be. Her stats did improve while I was holding her and she slept soundly. One of the nurses told me that they did a study with Kangaroo care and apparently, only Mothers (without drug addiction) can maintain the babies temperature appropriately. They said that we are able to heat them up when they are cold and cool them down when they are hot. It was the best hour Mommy has had in a long time!

Today has been status quo for our Callie. They increased her food again to 10cc's every four hours which is great. And they are still struggling with the fluid in her lungs. They did increase her dosage of Lasix in hopes to control the fluid levels better, we are praying that it helps! She has managed to get some rest today, which is a very good thing!