Lorena has maintained her weight. She weighs almost 2 pounds 4 ounces. The nurses had increased her feedings to 3 milliliters, 4 times a day on Sunday and Monday. Her tummy was not digesting the milk very quickly on Monday so the doctor decided to cut back to 3 milliliters, 2 times a day. Lorena has a tube that goes in her mouth down to her stomach. The nurses routinely suction out the milk to see if it has digested. On Monday morning they suctioned out some dry blood probably from the tube irritating her stomach. The nurses and doctor just say that she will eat when she can handle it. Lorena still has the CPAP blowing air into her nostrils and down to her lungs. She is doing well on this and hasn't needed oxygen (just room air 21% oxygen) for several days. The doctor may change her PICC line (percutaneously inserted central catheter) in her arm today.
I know I should be happy because she had been doing well so far. I just wish she would start digesting milk. I have been working hard to pump 8-10 times a day and I know it will benefit her so much when she can start digesting. Her stomach is just underdeveloped and the doctors say she will eat on her own terms, on her own schedule. She continues to get fat, carbohydrates, electrolytes, and protein for nourishment through her IV.
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