same, new, same, funny, big thanks!

Caley's x-ray this morning looked the same as yesterday -- she has a lot of air in her stomach and intestines, but it doesn't look like NEC. The doctors also did complete bloodwork on Caley to see if anything looked suspicious. Her CRP level was slightly elevated (that's the inflammation/infection marker), but her white blood cell count is fine, so they decided to go ahead and begin her feedings again. She's now on unfortified milk at a rate of 3 ml per hour. Hopefully she'll do better this time around.

On the breathing front, Caley was doing really well today. This morning she was on 1 liter of air flow through the cannula and, when she was laying on her stomach, she didn't need any supplemental oxygen -- she was breathing room air. And this afternoon, someone inadvertently turned her down to 0.5 liter, and she was still breathing room air. We could hardly believe it! She's still having a few apnea-bradycardia episodes, but so long as she remembers to breathe, her lungs seem to be getting stronger.

Caley also had a follow-up head ultrasound today. It looked the same as it did 4 weeks ago -- she has a small bleed, but they expect it to resolve on its own. Another thing for which we have to just wait and see.

Finally, here's one more picture from yesterday -- it makes us laugh.

Thanks to everyone we've heard from lately, letting us know you're still following Caley's progress and praying for her. We appreciate you all more than you can know.