Day 42: Great!

Lily crossed the three pound mark today at exactly six weeks old! She gained 70 grams, her biggest gain yet - so she weighs three pounds one ounce! She had a good day today, and has been between 30 and 35% oxygen - she's on full feeds now, is still digesting well, and is growing rapidly. She looked a little pale in the morning, so doctors took a blood test. It showed her hematocrit levels are a bit low at 28%, when they like to see 30% or above. They're not going to do another blood transfusion, though, because her reticulocyte levels are at 8%, which is a good level. Her temperature is swinging around a bit - at 100.2 last night and this morning, but it fell to 98.5 this evening. They're saying the swings are environmental, since they turned off her incubator heater yesterday.

I held Lily for about an hour an a half this evening. It was great - really just the best thing in the world. Sara and I can't wait to bring her home... seems such a far way off. But at the same time - the past 42 days have flown by, so I'm hoping the next 42 do too.

So, another pretty boring day for Lily. We like boring! Thank you again, everyone, for all of the prayers and positive energy. They're really working miracles :)