I have not written here much in the last 4 days. I have been busy! We have been able to hold Sarah and that has taken up some of or all of my time.
She certainly likes to be held. So, we sit and rock and she sleeps. Every hour or so, I nod off and the nurse taps me on the shoulder.
So, here is the progress report. Every day the doctors see good things and each day we remove some obstacle. Tuesday they took off the pump from the NG tube and let gravity do it's work. Wednesday, they switched her from the hot bed and put her in a regular crib.
The surgeon, Dr. Leoff, came by yesterday and said she looked good enough to start giving her some Pedialite through the mouth. We will see how that goes today. Sarah REALLY wants to eat something. The pacifier is just not cutting it.
So, Sarah is ahead of schedule. We hope to see her tolerate the Pedialite so that we can try milk (or pregestimil) that would be more substantial.
She has not lost much weight, which is good. She weighed in at 6 lbs 5 oz on Tuesday.
I am off to the hospital in a few minutes and will provide another update later.
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