Thursday, July 21, 2011

I'm a BIG girl!!!

Our precious baby Addison made a HUGE step today! She took breastmilk through a bottle!! She drank 9 out of the 12 mL of breastmilk like a champ!! No drop in her oxygen and tolerated it well :). If she takes a couple more bottle feedings without difficulty, we can try breastfeeding! Addison seems to think she doesn't need her NG tube anymore because she decided to pull it out last night. The Dr is hopeful her IV's can be OFF by early next week.



Yesterday, her bilirubin finally came down! She had started at 7.8 and then kept creeping up... 8.0, 8.2, 8.4, and 8.6. She has been under a phototherapy light almost around the clock. 0300 this morning it dropped to 6.9! She is not jaundiced at all and can hopefully come out from under her light tomorrow. Then we can start dressing her in cute little outfits since she won't have to be tanning in just her diaper anymore!!


We also just checked in with the nurse and her weights have improved too! She was 3# when she was born and then dropped to 2# 12oz. She slowly gained 1 oz per day until today when she gained 2 ounces!! As of tonight she is back up to 3#. :)


Tim and I would like to thank everyone for all the phone calls, text messages, cards, and most importantly prayers. We buried our little Landon today and knew there were many people thinking and praying for us.


We love you all!! We have absolutely amazing family and friends!!

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