So as of last night Shea weighs 4 lbs 10.3 oz's!! She is gaining weight like a champ. Her eating up to this point from a bottle has been sporadic at best. Rob & I have been getting a little frustrated at how good she looks but no real progress with oral feedings which will allow us to bring her home. As they say, it will happen with time and sometimes you forget that as it seems like we have been here forever. Then we come in this morning and she is 3 for 4 with downing the whole bottle in under 15 minutes and only had 12 cc left at her 8 p.m. feeding. She will be moving to 5 attempts tomorrow. Just goes to show you that she is a little fighter that will do things when she is ready.
We have a constant reminder of how blessed we are. Shea's two "neighbors" are both named Jack. One was born on September 2nd at 27 weeks and weight 2 lbs. He is now over 3 lbs. Jack to our right was born at 25 weeks weighing 1 lb and has been here 3 months already. He is up to 6 lbs and his due date is Monday. He had heart surgery at Children's and was there 10 days but is now back. He also has a lung disease and they expect him to be here until at least Christmas. It reminds us of how truly blessed we are to have two happy healthy babies who just needed some extra care in the beginning. I can't imagine spending the amount of time that they have been here and knowing you have quite a ways to go yet.
No comments:
Post a Comment