12 weeks 6 days!

this is a photo of Amirah with no CPAP on and no feeding tube

Well, until today it was a pretty normal week. Slowly coming down on the pressures and the amount of oxygen she gets...slowly gaining weight (she's up to about 5 lbs now)...sleeping...pooping...spitting up. Typical baby stuff.

We did find out that they want her to be on a PEEP (not sure what it stands for, but it is how they measure the pressure they are pushing the oxygen into her) to be a 4 before they switch her to the nasal cannula. She is currently on a 5 (she was at a 7 on Friday). Her nurse yesterday was trying to push her a little bit because she think she will be more comfortable off the CPAP.

On Sunday, the doctors told us they think she has an inguinal hernia. They were going to have surgery come look at her. On Monday Surgery came to look at her and they wanted an ultra sound. Basically, they found that her right ovary and fallopian tube have prolapsed, this was caused by her hernia. Because of this they are going to perform a surgey on Friday morning. While they are in repairing the right side they will take a look at the left side and possible do a precautionary repair too. This a very common surgey. The biggest risk for Amirah is that she is going to have to be put on the vent for the surgery.

That being said, we are going to ask for some extra prayers today, and at the time of surgery. Me and Andy are ok, our biggest concern is the vent. We (or really she) have worked hard at coming of the vent. We are just trying to remain postive and have faith.

We know how blessed we are and do remember that we have just hit a little bump in the road.

Here is a photo of Amirah and her daddy napping together today...