Sunday, August 28, 2005

Hailey is moving up, she is now 4lbs, 7oz! Last night they tried a bottle at 3am and she drank about half, I then tried at noon and she finished the whole thing, as well as at her 9pm bottle. At her noon she only had desats, but with her 9pm she had a brady and desat. Most of her bradys have stopped except with feeds, but tonight she had one at about 8:30pm. It didn't go to low, but it was still weird. Her red blood cell count is low, but she is producing new ones at a high level so we are hoping she will bring herself up and this brady is not a sign that she is going lower. They will watch to see if she becomes symptomatic. Her pooping is still an issue. They haven't given her a glycerin in a couple days because she is smearing the diaper, but she hasn't really gone a good one for us. I was thinking how ironic it is that most of us take for granted that babies poop and drink from bottles, and for us that is all that is keeping us in the hospital!