Anastasia is doing well — dare I say better? The doctors are still stumped as to her actual medical condition but yesterday she was switched from CPAP (continuous positive air pressure) breathing assistance to just a cannula, so that’s a big improvement. On the negative side, her sodium levels have been elevated the last couple days and she’s only shown improvement in the last six hours on that point. To quote the doctors: “She continues to throw us puzzles” so while she’s under the most sophisticated monitoring possible by the best trained professionals in neonatal intensive care they continue to find them uttering a phrase to which they are normally allergic: “I don’t know.”
Looking forward: whenever they come in there will be more detailed and extensive medical tests but it could still be *weeks* before we have an official diagnosis and explanation for Anastasia’s condition.
More photos are coming soon but that’s the update for now. Thank you again for all of the prayers — they are certainly not in vain!
