Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Today Hailey drank two bottles! Her first bottle at 12pm she drank 30cc's (about 1 ounce), and her second bottle at 5pm she drank 23cc's. So she doesn't burn to many calories while learning to suck/swallow and breathe all at the same time they only give her 40 minutes a bottle and what is left in the bottle they feed through her tube. Right now they are giving her bottles at the nurses discretion and all other feeds are given through her tube over an hours time. Its funny what we take for granted, I never thought things like pooping and drinking a bottle would become an issue, but with preemies they are a HUGE deal! With these feeds though she is doing well and not spitting up, so that is a great sign. If we can get her taking all her feeds through a bottle and keeping them down she can go home! YEAH! In other news, she is keeping her temp better and actually went back up to 4lbs, 5oz today! I thought for sure being out of the isolette and eating would burn enough calories so she would lose, but she proved me wrong ... Only one brady today around 7am and other than that she only had a few desats when eating and its a sign she needs to burp, once burped she is good to go. That might mean she is sent home on a monitor for a few weeks but we can deal with that. So right now we looking good for next week. All the nurses love her so much! They said I better watch out because one might try to bring her home. They told me they like being on the night shift because I am not there and so they get to bring her out to play and show off her outfits. Defintely the princess and fashion queen of the NICU! Well, I am training my temp and will be done work next week so I can be with her more often - I can't wait!