Splish-Splash: Lillian Laughing in the Bath

Friday Night Bath: A Video 1/14/2011

Lillian After Her Bath: 1/14/2011

 

I'm living the good life...

Ready for the evening...

 

 

Lillian Grace Denby Update: 12/01/2010

Nuts about both my grandmas

Lillian Grace is 114 days old today.

At the beginning of the day, Lillian lay quietly in her crib, watching and listening while her two room-mates raised a ruckus; they were hungry tykes, and Anetha, one of Lillian’s favorite nurses and, next to Lillian’s mom, her leading fashion adviser, was hopping, and had to call in extra hands to hold and feed them. Lillian waited calmly and patiently for her companions to finish.

Slammin' down a bottle of Mom's Home Brew

Once the room-mates were finished eating and settled back in their beds, Lillian had her morning CPT massage from Respiratory Therapist Ivy; then, she luxuriated for a while in a pleasantly warm bath and bathed with her favorite lavender-scented soaps and lotions. After drying off, Anetha helped Lillian select a pink and green outfit dedicated to Lillian’s two favorite grandmas, Peggy and Nancy; then Lillian enjoyed a warm breakfast of the finest mother’s milk (her room-mates made do with formula), with sides of caffeine and iron supplement. Finally, swaddled comfortably in her blankets, she rested for a time from her labors.

After bathing

The rest of the day passed uneventfully; her weight held steady (last night was a big pooping night) and she shows no sign of fatigue at her current respiratory settings. Her mom got some much-needed sleep (though not as much as she’d like — a problem familiar to nursing moms and most parents of newborns).

Thanks for your prayers and support!

99th day: A Video

Lillian Grace Denby Update: 10/27/2010

Asleep with Pacifier

Lillian Grace is 79 days old and 35 weeks gestational age.

Lillian had another good night, and gained two more ounces: she now weighs 4 lbs, 13 ozs. Each day, it seems she’s a little more alert and a little more aware of her surroundings. She still sleeps most of the time, but periodically wakes up (particularly around her feeding time), moves her arms and kicks her legs, opens her eyes and looks around. Mom and Dad can touch her, pat her, change her, talk to her, even pick her up — quite a change from her first two months when she spent her days in the dark in her isolette.

Ashley and her nurses gave Lillian a bath today (we’ve added a video of this: Bath Time). She squawked a bit, but still enjoyed it (her oxygen saturation shoots up when water pours over her)  — and she smelled much sweeter when she was done.

Lillian kangarooed with her dad in the afternoon, with the cannula instead of the C-PAP. A bit earlier, the respiration team lowered the PeeP (positive end-expiratory pressure) on her bubble C-PAP, bringing her another step closer to getting off of C-PAP: that is, another step closer to going home.

Thanks for your prayers and support!

Bath Time: A Video