Eighteen days and still rockin on! Little Claire has had a few rough moments, but nothing to alarming. She continues to get stronger, although that is hard to determine. She has started to cry more, and it still sounds like a small cat purring. Her lungs just aren't very strong. We continue to try to hold her anytime she is awake, but we feel she is becoming a bit spoiled [I guess that's what she should expect, since she accidentally overheard us talking about it :-) ]. A friend of ours (Lelong) gave us a specially designed shirt for moms to wear to allow premature infants the comfort of feeling close to their mother and staying warm. Claire (and Tammy) find great comfort in this, as it also allows Claire to feel and hear her mom's heart beat as she had for 9 months.
Claire seems to have her days and nights mixed up too, so we hold her most of the night, and leave her in her incubator some of the day.
Please continue praying for us all, as Claire's breathing has started to bother us a tad.