January 10th

Things are starting to look up for our little girl. Over the past few days, many tests were conducted and the results have shown that as of right now, she just has an infection from her "central line" IV. Therefore, they have removed that and replaced it in another location. They had her on about 4 antibiotics and she is now down to just 1. Her respiratory tests all came back negative showing no signs of respiratory infections. They also did a spinal tap to test for meningitis, which also came back negative. The doctors are still testing and monitoring her for signs of NEC (Necrotizing Enterocolitis), an intestinal infection, which we are praying is not the case. On Thursday, they stopped all feedings and put her on an IV for nutrients. Today, they began feedings again with 3cc's of milk. They will continue to monitor her ability to digest the milk and will increase feedings accordingly.
Aisling was very stressed out by being back on the respirator, she cried a great deal the last few days and she was constantly pulling at her tubes. Today when we saw her we were pleasantly surprised to see the respirator had been removed and she is now on a high flow nasal tube. She was also sleeping peacefully with no crying at all. We were finally able to do Kangaroo care with her today, which she loves, as do we.
So, we are cautiously optimistic that she is on the mend and will get back to the job of growing.

Thank you for all your prayers and good wishes,
Chuck and Ger