1 pound, 15.5 ounces!! Emma's so close to 2 pounds we can almost taste it! Plus, after telling us last night that 13ml of milk was going to be the maximum for a while, they increased her again today. This morning she went up to 14ml and when we left her, she was getting her 8pm feeding which was 15ml. We've now been told that 16ml will probably be her max for a while. But who really knows? She seems to be exceeding expectations up to this point. She's digesting her milk very well. She's completely off of IV fluids so she's now getting her caffeine through her feeding tube. So she's basically having a teeny tiny cup of coffee every day now! We were told that they normally do that until anywhere from 32 weeks to 34 weeks, and she was 32 weeks yesterday. So in the next couple weeks they should be able to take her off of that. But if she's still having a good number of the brady episodes they will keep her on it for a little while longer. We'll see.
There's not a whole lot else to report this evening, she was a good girl all day today. Again, at this point no news is good news so we'll take it. But everyone there keeps talking about how great she's doing and how she's right on track with most things and even above their expectations on others. Still, cautiously optimistic is a term being thrown out there very often so as to temper our expectations for the future. This whole thing is definitely a marathon and not a sprint. There are still plenty of hurdles to clear so we have a long way to go. But we know that we've got a little fighter on our hands.
Here's hoping that she clears that first one either tomorrow or sometime this weekend...hitting 2 pounds! That would be a big one for Mommy and Daddy more than anything I think, but it is definitely important. Everything seems to be right on track at this point. We are definitely hoping that continues. Sleep tight folks!!
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