My Mom and Step Dad were in town to see Caroline this weekend. She partied pretty much all day yesterday while listening to the music from her toys. Her grandmother's bought her these toys because she is obsessed with them.
Caroline did awesome with her feedings this weekend. She was really struggling earlier this week with bottle feeding, but she has had 3 really good days in a row. It is looking like we may have to go home with the feeding tube, but maybe we can get it out if she continues to do well.
Sometime this week, the doctors will put Caroline on a monitor that will download all of her breathing stats for 4 hours to see how she is doing. Alright, Caroline, show them what you can do and do not hold your breath.
Physical Therapy is still coming by 3 times a week. They notice a few things that are not completely normal, but nothing really serious right now. They said that only a specialist would be able to notice the things they see. We qualify for a physical therapist to come to our house to work with her for awhile, so that will be nice.
We had to buy an extra refrigerator to freeze her milk. I think we have about 400 ounces at our house and another 135 bottles at TCH. Some of those bottles are small, but we have a ridiculous amount of milk. Her doctor this weekend said she can take it to college in a backpack. I joked that I was going to start selling it. The conversation turned serious really quick. Apparently it is frowned upon to sell breast milk (maybe illegal in Texas), but we can certainly donate it if it comes to that.
We had a visit from Alicia, one of Caroline's level 3 nurses. It's always fun to see old friends.
Here are two videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfY1oUBSKrY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggr17ZTxqKg
Here are some pictures:
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| View outside of our window at Caroline's bed |
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| Visit from Krystie, the nurse at Methodist that took care of us several times and was in delivery room |
Hey Katie. We prayed for Caroline and you and your husband at the Moms Prayer Group on Wed. Have been wanting to bring you another meal this week, but fell down with a nasty cold over the weekend. In a funny coincidence, I met the wife of one of Ryan's colleagues, Cindy, the day after we met ourselves (Cat and I were over for a playdate). Small world. Continuing to pray for sweet Caroline and yippee about her great job at the bottle. Praise God for answered prayers! Ai Leen
ReplyDeleteKatie, she looks so big in your arms!! Good growin' Caroline =)
ReplyDeleteLovin'our memories of this past weekend and the image I have in my mind of her lovin' her wiggle time and groovin' to her little acquarium and other little tunes toy! My other wonderful image is seeing Katie and Ryan adore their little girl who was so responsive and alert. She looks amazing. I think i've probably seen the last of her days in the NICU...so much to be thankful for...and so much to look forward to. Thank you caroline for being so wide awake and playful for us this weekend.
ReplyDeleteisn't it awesome to have this special time of year to give THANKS! we have all been richly blessed to see God work such a beautiful miracle in our family. the best is yet to come! :-) counting the days till caroline can go home with you, ryan and katie! :-)
ReplyDeletexoxo