Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Hailey came in at 1570 grams - 3 lbs, 7 oz!!! Slowly, but surely we are gaining. They also increased her to full feeds today which is 27cc's every 3 hours. She is still on continuous feeds though so she is getting 9cc's hourly to give her stomach time to handle it before we try to give it to her all at once. She did well today, had a big poop (still with the help of glycerin, but we aren't complaining), she also had her color back today and was alot more alert. Actually both this morning and tonight we had a real hard time leaving her because she was so active and alert! Also when we put her back to bed after holding her I put her binkie in her mouth and she held it there and sucked for a good long time, which is great because this young sometimes that doesn't happen right away. She is still having some desats and bradys, but that is normal preemie stuff that will be resolved as she grows. we also got rid of her "semi-permanent" IV line today! Last night it clotted so they had to remove it, but since she is up to full feeds it doesn't matter because she doesn't need it anyway. For the next couple of days they put a "makeshift" IV in her other arm just in case they need immediate access for any reason. All in all we are definitely progressing in the right direction. Thank you all so much for prayers, I really believe that is the only reason Hailey is doing as well as she is ... Keep praying for mommy and daddy as well because we are becoming quite exhausted!