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The Best Gift

Happy Birthday to Mommy! (And thank you to Alex for persuading Kim to go out to dinner on Wednesday...it was so nice to have everyone together for a night out.)

Eleanor has been doing great and has had NO heart rate drops. The doctors are slowly weaning her pressure settings to eventually take her off of vent support. This is not happening anytime soon, but it's the goal in mind. She is weighing in at a whopping five pounds six ounces!

Best news yet, Eleanor was moved to the B team which is the next level down from the super sick babies in the A team! HOORAY!!!

In addition, yesterday Eleanor got to move to the stable hallway of the NICU so that her old room was available for the sicker babies (Eleanor is still a sick baby but not nearly as bad as the new babies that come through). 

The new hallway is much quieter with considerably less beeping going on. Eleanor tolerated the move around the hallway quite well and kept her oxygen at 25%. Mommy and daddy are SO PROUD of the progress she has made.

Side note: We are so excited to celebrate Eleanor and Kim this weekend and are looking forward to seeing everyone!!! Thank you to everyone for your continued love and support.

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  1. Grandma RoseMarch 29, 2019 at 1:03 PM

    Greatest news so far. Go Eleanor, sweet baby. Hope I can see you soon.
    Love from GG Rose. Love to mommy and daddy too

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