Sunday, January 20, 2008

Day 87!!!

Little Miss had a great night and is back in her open crib. She's still at 4 feedings per day because she gets so pooped after taking a bottle. She breathes really fast and goes right to sleep when she's done. She still taking them faster than she did before she got sick so that's an improvement.

Her weight is 5lbs 13.75oz today!!! I can hardly believe it.

Another preemie Mommy told me that sometimes getting to the end of the NICU journey can be the hardest part. You know you're close but you don't know when it will be either. You know that certain things have to be just right for the doctors to give the ok and you wait anxiously for it to happen. Every bottle she takes brings us one step closer. Every time she tolerates being weaned from oxygen, we get even closer. It gets harder to live in the moment when you're LOOKING at the finish line. We're getting there.

2 comments:

Toya P said...

Whoo Hooo!! Onward to the finish line.....you guys will make it.

Dianna said...

Whomever told you that is exactly right. The end was the hardest part. People kept asking when he was coming home and we didn't know. We didn't know until a few days before that it was really going to happen. It will happen sweetie. I know you are anxious to get her home, but you also don't want her home before she is truly ready. It will be a day of celebration though!