We were surprised when we went to see Mary tonight to find some new equipment in her room.  Apparently Mary had several bad apnea episodes this morning.  As a result, they decided to put her on an apnea bed.  Basically, they have a glove attached to the end of a ventilator and the glove is placed under Mary.  The ventilator inflates and deflates the glove, which moves Mary up and down.  This is supposed to stimulate her and remind her to breath.  It appeared to be working pretty well when we were there.  Occassionally she would slip off the glove and her stats would drop, but once they got her readjusted she was fine.  They've also increased the amount of caffeine she gets, so hopefully that (in conjunction with the apnea bed) will help to get rid of these breathing issues.

Another result of the apnea episodes is that they stopped Mary's feedings again.  They're hoping to restart the feedings tomorrow provided she doesn't have any other bad spells.  Mary is still on a small amount of oxygen.  If they can get the apnea episodes under control then they'll start trying to wean her from the oxygen again.  Her weight is hovering around 2 pounds (today it was 2 lbs 0.6 ounces).  Hopefully as they start feeding her again that will start to increase. 

So, kind of a small step back today but hopefully she'll start to grow out of this and begin progressing like her brother and sister.