Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Well, after the episode yesterday with Hailey choking when taking her meds orally, they backed down on sending her home at the end of this week. The doc talked to me today and said they are now planning on Monday if all goes well. They want to see three things happen before discharge, taking all her feeds via a bottle, growing at a steady level (because she has been gaining weight, but not as steady as they want), and though she is going home on a monitor they want no big episodes for a few days. Today she did well with her feeds. So far she has taken all her feeds by the bottle and done really well. We also gave her a nice bath tonight so she will smell wonderful for her grandparents tomorrow! At her 1pm feed I suggested we try to give her meds via mouth, but with 10cc's of breastmilk to help dilute it and she took it no problem so that is a step forward. She also is now 4lbs, 9 oz!!! So lets pray this continues and Monday happens!