ONE WEEK OLD!!

When we got there last night, she was sleeping. Her EKG (or ECG) revealed that her little heart is perfect. :smile: They resumed feedings immediately and doubled the amount she was getting. She's being fed every three hours.

I just spoke with her doctor and she said she had a GREAT night and tolerated all 5 of her feedings well. They weighed her before she started the feedings and she now weights 1lb 110z!! She's now above birth weight despite missing food for 24 hours. She's been getting her IV fluids though and her vitamins. All her other tests have come back great too.

She’s one week old today and 26 weeks and 6 days. She was actually born at 25 weeks 6 days but doctors count you as having started the following week once you are on day 6. Their official record is that she was born at 26 weeks but they won’t count her as 27 weeks until tomorrow.

Tomorrow is picture day!

She's also getting her PICC line put in today:

A PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) is a special catheter
placed in a vein through which medications, blood products and fluids can
be administered.

The PICC is a long, thin catheter (16-24 inches long) made of polyurethane. It
is inserted in a large vein in your arm (either in the basilica or cephalic vein)
near the bend of the elbow, and then advanced to the superior vena cava, a
large blood vessel that leads to your heart.

A PICC is inserted in persons requiring intravenous (IV) infusions over
an extended period of time. It prevents the need for frequent needle sticks
for IV insertion since the PICC line can stay in for up to six months.

http://pfrc.med.nyu.edu/handouts/pdf/proced/PICC02.pdf