November 8, 2008

Good afternoon!

I had to take Riley to urgent care this morning because she broke out in a rash all over her little body. :( After an hour spent there, they determined that she has a viral rash. After urgent care, Riley and I went to the hospital where I went in to see Bree with Uncle Rick, Grandma Minard, and Andrew. Aunt Shrrene was awesome enough to hang out in the waiting room with Riley because she couldn't go in because of her rash.

Lots of big news! Bree ate 8 cc's out of a bottle yesterday for Courtnee! What a big girl..woo hoo! They will try to give her a bottle every shift. When they tried to give her a bottle last night, she was too sleepy and didn't want anything to do with it. However, when we were there today I got to give her a bottle. She ate a whole 6 cc's for me, which is a lot for such a little girl! It takes a lot of work for her to eat from a bottle. Every little bit that she drinks is good stuff... :)

They no longer have to weigh her diapers to measure her output. She does such a good job of peeing and pooping that they no longer have to chart exactly how much is coming out. They just have to chart that she had 2 wet and 1 poopy (or whatever the amount is).

She does seem to have a bit of acid reflux (which is SUPER common with preemies), so they have put her feedings onto a pump. This means that she still gets her 24 cc's every three hours, but it is on a pump that delivers it over a period of a half an hour. Before this, it was given to her in a time period of five minutes. The extra 25 minutes allows for her tummy to not get so full so fast and it helps to reduce her 'attacks' of acid relux.

Today is a really busy day for me today...so I feel a bit overwhelmed and overworked. However, I am sure it will pass. No matter if I feel this way or not things still need to get done and there is no one else to do them but me.

Hope this finds everyone happy, healthy and in love with life.