Moving Forward

Kaela is doing well. She is up to 10 mL every 3 hours and seems to be tolerating her feedings...yeah! All her cultures are still negative, which is a blessing. They're checking her labs in the morning again to see if her blood levels are still dropping and will then decide if/when she needs a transfusion. The biggest thing right now is they've tried 6 times over the past two days to put a PICC line in, and her veins have blown each time or the nurse practitioner couldn't thread it once it was in. Poor baby! They're having to stick her so many times and she's on her 5th IV in 4 days...pray they can get this PICC in on the first try when they attempt it again tonight or tomorrow. I hate seeing bruises and pokes all over her arms and legs. =( She continues to be on and off her oxygen in no apparent pattern. I'm sure she just gets a little more tired at times. It's still only at 15cc when it's turned on - so little that I'm surprised it even makes a difference. Here are a few pictures from our visit with her this evening.

Actually, this one was last night. After we'd held her awhile, I put her back in her bed, and she immediately wiggled almost sideways before I could get her wraps around her - and stretched out as much as she could. Andy and I laughed along with the nurse and decided to leave her like that for awhile because she looked so comfortable and even pleased with herself.
















Daddy multi-tasking: holding Kaela, feeding Kaela and holding her papi in her mouth. Pretty good, Daddy, pretty good!






















Daddy and his precious girl.










































"Wow! Am I going to get to eat all that? Good! I'm hungry."






















Snuggling with Mommy.