end of day 5

We were off to a good start today, but had an eventfull afternoon.
Bella's blood gas numbers were off and when they we're taking a look, her breathing tube slipped out. Turns out she's not quite ready to breath on her own. They were able to intabate her quickly and everything was fine, but it was definitely scary and a reminder of how quickly things can change here. She's also having some breakdown in her skin. At 23 weeks, the skin is just starting to form and is extremely delicate. She had to lay on her back until her chest tube came out this morning, and the 4 days took their tole on her skin. She is bleeding just a bit which has increased her already high risk for infection. At her age, she's not ready to fight anything off, so at the first sign of infection, antibiotics will be added to her iv. On the bright side, her kidneys seem to be getting better and her blood gas looks better since the new tube was put in. We had a birthday party for Bella at the house tonight, as a way to tell Dylan about her. We explained that she is too small to come home right now as he ate all the icing off his piece of cake. Each day feels like.a huge victory and I'm extremely thankful to have been blessed with another.