Kaela was one month old on Wednesday - crazy - I can't believe she's that old already. She looks great tonight. They were not able to get a PICC line in last night, but her latest IV lasted almost 2 1/2 days, so that was a blessing. It was starting to infiltrate tonight, so they were starting a new one when we left. Hopefully with two antibiotics d/c'd (just one left) it will help the IVs last a little longer.
They started feeding her milk again today - just 5 mL every three hours starting at 1 pm this afternoon. In the morning they'll get another x-ray and really examine her belly to see if she's tolerating having food in her digestive system again. If all goes well, hopefully she'll be back to full feedings in a week and off of the IV fluids.
She is 3lb 15 oz! It's amazing what another pound will do when you're that tiny - she looks so different and even has a double chin. We'll get more pictures tomorrow.
Her hematocrit was starting to drop again and she was looking a little pale, but she was able to bring it back up today by herself without a transfusion. PTL! She's also been off her oxygen for a week, so they took her pulse oximeter off and just have her hooked to a heart rate monitor now. One cord gone at a time.
Thank you for your prayers for her this last week - it was definitely a long one for us, and we're praying that this bump is over and she'll do fine eating again.
More tomorrow...
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