Corn Fed Kansan: 2 pounds 15.9 ounces... but I'm just gonna call it 3 pounds

I went to see Lorena on Wednesday. I got to hold her for an hour. She wore her nasal cannula twice a day on Wednesday for two hours each time. She did pretty well on it. She had just a few desaturations while I was holding her. She is wearing clothes all of the time now. I liked the onesie with the flower on her butt (see picture below).

Lorena was supposed to be fed 6 mils 8 times a day on Wednesday. She didn't handle this increased feeding very well (she had some residuals left when they suctioned her stomach), so they didn't do all of her feedings on Wednesday. She started digesting her milk on Wednesday evening so the doctor decided to do 9 mils 8 times a day on Thursday. Deb (the Nurse Practitioner) called this morning and apparently she is doing great on this feeding. 9 mils is approximately 2 teaspoons of milk. I know this isn't much but it is so much for Lorena. At the beginning, Lorena was fed 1/2 teaspoon once a day...and it took her a week to to get used to that dose!

Today (Thursday) she is windowing for a longer period. She will be wearing the nasal cannula for a three hour a period, twice a day. She has been doing so well with this type of breath support and Deb is "pushing" her to see how much she can handle.

We were hoping she would weigh 3 pounds by now. Deb said that as of Wednesday night she weighed 2 pounds and 15.9 ounces...she can't get much closer to 3 pounds than that! She will HAVE to be 3 pounds by her Thursday night weigh in.

I have been treating myself recently. I had a great dinner with some girlfriends on Wednesday night and a pedicure and massage thanks to Elements Salon in Washington. It was a nice break. I am missing Lorena more now. I sat in her room and went through all of her clothes last night...I think Dan thought I had lost it. I just want her to be home but I know she is where she needs to be now. She is changing so much each day and I'm excited to see what she looks like tomorrow. :-)