Rachel is still doing great. I had several email me and ask, so thought I'd just post some new pictures of our little angel. She's free of all IV's but still has a little oxygen going to help her breathe. If they take it away, she uses too many calories to breathe instead of to grow. Gaining weight is the main objective right now. They've upped her intake of milk too and started adding fortifier to it...adding calories. They're having her practice on a pacifier while she's feeding so she'll associate the sucking and the feeding. She has to learn all of these things before they'll try her on a bottle--which could be as early as next week.
Last week she passed the heart and brain scans and now she's passed the eye exams. I got to see her yesterday and it's amazing how much she's changed in the past week. She's up to 2lb. 9 ounces.
Oh, Hancock's had a 1/2 price sale on flannel.....and fleece. Yep, this little girl is gonna have some special things made for her homecoming. Her Gramma just needs to get busy!
(the first picture--she only wears the hat when she's outside of her box...she's laying on her Mama. Janice says she'll lay there for about two hours and never even move because she's so relaxed. You know hearing her Mama's heartbeat is like music to her ears.)
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I'm SO glad she is doing well!!
Such wonderful news!
Congratulations on your beautiful "little" baby. From my own experience, I can tell you that I know how both exciting and stressful this time can be. My daughter gave birth to premature twins 6 years ago, and those "little babies" are now in kindergarten and you'd never know they were preemies.
Blessings to all of you.
She is soooo beautiful!!! I'm so glad the prayers have been answered....she is growing and growing!!!
She sure does know how to work those Zzzzz's... it's great that Momma gets some skin time with her.
Thanks for the pics... she sure is a sweetie!
Saska, I am as usual, way behind on reading my blogs and stopped by to see that your little angel was here--earlier than you all planned. It sounds like she is making progress and hopefully she will be able to come home soon.
I hope that your DIL is feeling okay and the bp situation is straightened out
Sounds like some amazing progress. Glad to hear that all is still so well. Slow and steady progress and she will be home before you know it!
So lovely! And so tiny! Slad she's doing better. My guild makes the incubator blanket quilts and knit caps - it's nice to see them being used and appreciated. :)
2#9 ounces is a nice size. Bryan (g-son)weighed that when he was born and he is doing great now. Driving his brothers and parents nut-o.
Five and no one realizes he was such a tiny one at one point.
Answered prayers.
I got a negative amount of work done yesterday -baby sleeping on momma will do that to ya!
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