This weekend we started prepping her for extraction. Alexandra failed her first car seat test on Friday. She had to sit for an hour without any breathing issues. She had the Liana "I want movie" syndrome. That is whenever we get in a car seat/van Liana expects a movie to play. Which we always say "NO! That feature is reserved for flights over an hour in length." Didn't you hate that excuse on planes? The second test came on Sunday morning around 5 am, when she was too tired to worry about the car seat, movie and popcorn. Alexandra actually did pass without any issues. The alternative to not passing is purchasing a car seat that is horizontal in the sleeping position, so we can feed her grapes as she is driven around town.
So far Ali is doing as expected at just over 5 pounds, taking all 8 feedings by bottle (notice no tube in nose) and limited to no breathing abnormalities. Now all we need is to get trained on the sleeping apnea monitoring equipment we will be using at home and then get her prescriptions filled and have the doctors train us when and how to:
- Give her the opium for life out of the NICU, the morphine to less the pain from her bleeding ears from the nearby sibling ruckus
- How to actually inhale the marijuana (getting the Bill Clinton book) to deal with the visitors and help her build up an appetite
- Finally the daily caffeine injections to keep her awake and stimulated. But I heard that Cuban Coffee is a safer, easier alternative. She will just have to fight Liana on who gets it first.
When I get the time I will orginze this bubblr presentation below with two postings for Alexandra and the other for our Sunday picnic with the Familia group.
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