Backtracking

Emma is still doing well, but she's had a couple days where she's gone in reverse a little bit.  She's still increasing her feeds and gaining weight, but her breathing is not as good as it was a few days ago.  She's had a few episodes of the old A's and B's since Saturday.  She hasn't had a large number of them on any given day, but she's had them daily.  They still coincide with her feeding, so they are almost convinced that it has to be an issue related to that.  The team there made a decision over the weekend to increase her feeds, as I said, to 22ml every 3 hours.  Now I'm not a doctor, and Britne's not a doctor, but that's when these episodes began happening.  We trust that they will figure it out and will continue to keep us updated on her condition.  If they have to make adjustments then they will do it.

Other than that there haven't been a whole lot of changes lately.  She was weighed last night and came in at 2 pounds, 9 ounces, which was a full 2 and a half ounces higher than where she was the night before.  A lot of times when she has a gain that big, the person who weighed her did something different than the person the night before, and she actually "loses" weight the next night when she's weighed again.  We've seen that happen more than once.  So we're not getting too excited about that one until we hear tonight how much she weighs.  But she definitely did gain weight, they've never been off by that much.  We are just skeptical as to whether or not she gained as much as they say she did.

So all in all, other than the breathing issues she's been exhibiting lately, she's doing rather well.  She still looks fuller and fuller every day.  She even looks like she's getting a little bit of fat building up on her frame, so that's a wonderful development.  The more fat she can develop, the more she'll be able to regulate her own body temperature, which is a hurdle to being able to bring her home.  So we are encouraged by that.  But still, the breathing issues are kind of concerning to us.  We hope they figure it out soon and get it corrected.  We are sure they will, but the sooner they can do that, the better we will feel.  And the roller coaster continues!!