Thursday, August 11, 2005

The good news is we went up a little in weight today though we are not quite sure how since she isn't eating. Yesterday she was 1630 grams, and today she was a whopping 1650 grams (3 lbs, 11oz). She also had her eye exam today, many preemies develop an eye condition called ROP (retinopathy of prematurity), it can cause huge eye problems and even blindness - and her test came back all clear! Thank God! The not so good news is yesterday when she returned from "the mount", they decided to put a ND tube in to feed her, the difference is that it bypasses the stomach and goes straight to the intestines, this helps with reflux. Well, they gave her a day to rest and never fed her. Then today they decided to just put back the NG tube, the one straight to her tummy, and give her another chance to eat. When they put the tube in some green bilious drainage came out of the tube which can mean a whole lot of different things, but their assumption was that when they put the ND tube down yesterday it bypasses a muscle between the stomach and intestines and because she is preemie that muscle is weak and so the tube caused it to weaken more and so some stuff came up from her intestines. So they are watching and waiting for it to stop, giving her a night to rest and might start feeds tomorrow again. Tonight the drainage has stopped so we are hoping that is it. She also stopped pooping so they had to give her glycerin today, but we are again assuming its just because she needs to eat to get things flowing again. All in all though we are much happier with her in the NICU and know she is receiving the best care and this to shall end. We have had our two steps back this week (maybe a few more than two) so its time for our steps forward!