Rub a Dub Dub...

...we'll try not to drop you in the tub!

Now that Maria is out of her isolette, and into her "big girl bed" (which looks more like a 9 x 13 pan), we are going to be bathing her! How exciting! I mean, how scary! Tonight's the night of our big bathing debut. We are both much more comfortable handling her, so I'm sure it won't be too bad. If someone would've told me that we'd bathe her eventually, I would've called them a liar - she was so tiny, I was afraid to touch her, and changing her diaper alone threw me into nervous sweats. How far we've come...how far she has come...

Today she'll have her echo cardiogram to check the status of her heart murmur. Tomorrow she'll have her brain scan. Saturday and Sunday she'll receive her vaccinations. She has a busy few days ahead of her, so please pray that all goes well. I'm a bit concerned about her brain scan because she's been de-satting so much. I hope that she does not show any additional cycts.

I'm also concerned about her ROP since she's been on supplemental oxygen for the last week or so. Dr. Sala was supposed to check the ROP progress on Monday, and as of this morning, no one's seen him still. Even Dr. Balsan said that it's wierd that he's gone MIA. Sala's office has said every day that "he'll be there today", and nothing is happening. I guess the charitable thing to say is that I hope he's okay, but really, I'm less than impressed. Hey Paul...want to take on a pediatric fellowship and re-locate to Erie??? There's obviously plenty of work to be done here!!!