No more umbilical lines

Today Abigail's last UAC - Umbilical Artery Catheter line came out. This was her last line that she had in her umbilical cord. Up till today they were using the line to get her blood pressure reading on a constant bases and using it to draw blood for lab work.

Abby has a tendency to pull on, wrap feet, and wrap hands/fingers around things that are attached to her. Several days ago she pulled her UVC - Umbilical Vein Catheter line so shallow that they had to replace it with a PICC - Peripheral Inserted Central Catheter, which would have happened anyway.

Because she no longer has a UAC she is now ready to be held. I will get to do her first Kangaroo Care with her tomorrow (hopefully) which means I will get to hold her skin to skin for as long as I can sit!

Abigail has lots of personality and likes to show it by the ways she positions her body. Very rarely does she have all her body parts tucked into her snuggie. As you can see in the pictures below she likes to make herself comfortable.

(These pictures are before the UAC came out)

Just chillin'.
(Not the best picture because of the low lights and glare on her isolete)

Legs crossed like a little lady