Kara 3/3/10

Kara is still on humidified oxygen today, and they increased the flow last night from 2 liters to 2.5 liters. She is about the same as she was yesterday, but not doing any worse, so that is a good sign. The respiratory therapist continues to pull a ton of mucous out of her nose when they suction--she is just a little mucous factory!

Yesterday, I caught this picture of her sleeping with her tongue out. I think she's a pretty darn cute baby, even when attached to medical equipment!

There is another baby down the hall, and whenever he/she cries, Kara does a little cry for about 2 or 3 seconds. Maybe this means we have a compassionate baby?

Kara has the longest little fingers of any baby I've ever seen! She uses her hands quite a bit, and while I love that she uses her hands so much (it is very cute), it is also a bit of a pain! She pulls her cords off, pulls the blankets down, and when she's distressed, grabs part of her face (she has chubby cheeks) and squeezes them.

She also likes to sleep with her head all the way arched back--we wrap her up and set her straight in the little baby bed, and ten minutes later, she looks like this (it's kind of hard to see, but she has her back completely arched and her head thrown back):