Another Day.....

This is Mia this morning. The nurses changed her isolette so they bundled her up in many, many blankets and I was able to hold her for awhile. Mia is doing well. She has been having a bit of a problem tolerating her feedings. She is up to 4mL of breast milk every 2 hours but has not been digesting the previous feeding when it is time to feed again. It's nothing major, just something that they are watching to see how she will progress. She had an ultrasound of her head to check for any bleeding in her brain. She also had another echocardiogram of her heart to check the size of the hole. I think the doctor's are wondering if the direction and volume of bloodflow in her heart is affecting her digestion. If the blood being pumped out of her heart is not being diverted to her intestines, she will have problems digesting her food. We haven't heard anything this evening, but I'll post the results when we get them. Her blood pressure is also up this evening, but it may not be anything to worry about, she may just be getting more and more agitated with the nurses and doctors messing with her. Her lungs are still great, she's still on her nasal prongs with no supplemental oxygen. And she pooped! Sorry, if that's gross, but we'd been waiting and now she's pooping up a storm! We're very happy about that, believe it or not!! She's also just about back to her birth weight. She weighed 790 grams (1lb., 12 oz.) and now weighs 785 grams. She had lost 4 ozs. and is now on her way back up. So, nothing too major to report. Just waiting on the doctor's reports and for her to grow and grow.....