The big weigh in happened yesterday and Briony weighed 1205g or 2lbs 10 ounces in old money. Roll on 3lbs! We really feel like we are getting there now.
Briony had her eye test earlier in the week and is pretty much fine. There are a couple of minor issues, but apparently these will resolve with time.
The pressure on the CPAP has also been lowered - it means that instead of the machine feeding Briony air/oxygen without her having to work too hard for it she is now having to learn to do it on her own. She is doing pretty well at it, although it does mean that her oxygen requirement has increased. You can't have everything though!
The nurses are starting to take her off the CPAP completely for a few hours a day. She still needs oxygen, so this is given either via nasal prongs, or fed into her incubator for her to breathe all on her own.
Mummy and Daddy have been allowed cuddles with her just on the nasal prongs in the last couple of days, which is lovely as we can hear all the little gurgles and mutterings that she is making, rather than the constant hiss of the CPAP machine. She is getting more and more active, raising her head and looking around when she is out for cuddles.
She has been working quite hard with her respiration, which means she is breathing quite fast and seems to be dropping her oxygen saturation a little more often than normal. They think this could either be reflux or a possible infection. They were going to see how she went for the rest of the day and then start the usual round of screeing tests to rule an infection out.
We're working our way through Beatrix Potter which seems to calm Briony down. Or perhaps that is just the lack of sleep making me think that!
More photos tomorrow.
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