We received another good report when we arrived in the NICU today! Addison's feedings were increased to 20mL every 3 hours since she did so well the last 24 hours with the 16mL. Because they were able to increase it, her TPN is turned down to 2mL/hr and her lipids will be taken off!! If she tolerates the 20mL until tomorrow, they will increase her again to 24mL and her IV's can be turned OFF!! We are praying for this since today she had already gone through 2 IV sites when we got there. (She has had 7 IV's total already).
She still needs to improve on her bottle feedings which will come with time as she gets older. As of now, she bottle feeds between 7-9mL of her total feeding and the rest is put through her tube. Because she is so small, she tires easily and the nurses said they expect that. Mommy and Daddy keep encouraging her to eat like a big girl so she can come home!! :)
We love dressing her in premie outifts although that is creating more laundry for us! She is a pooping machine! Two dirty diapers for Daddy in the 3 hours we were there :).
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