Hazel was stable enough to try her first round of skin-to-skin contact with Heidi! She did really well with it, and both mom and baby seemed to want to stay there a lot longer. We decided that a half hour was a good start, though.
She is getting a third round of medicine to try to close her PDA. The other round seems to have helped get it mostly closed, but it still needs to close more. Pray that the medicine would work and it would close on its own, because surgery would be a major setback for her at this point. Before she had to go back on the medicine, she was feeding on mother's milk every four hours. We'll hope she can pick up right where she left off in another 36 hours.
Jude was just hanging out today. No major changes. He's tolerating the feedings and weaning down on the ventilator settings, so we're happy about that. He might be ready to switch from the vent to the SIPAP in a few days.
I'll post a video of me reading The Economist magazine to Hazel as she laid on Heidi's chest.
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