She's doing well again today. They've weaned her all the way off iv fluids and she's getting hopefully all she needs from her feeds. There's also been some discussion of taking out her iv, but it will depend on how much longer they want to keep giving her antibiotics.
And speaking of feeds, she got to have her first bottle feed today! It's not quite the most convenient thing in the world for her (you try drinking while laying on your belly with your head twisted around to the side and let me know how it goes), but I think she did really well all things considered. They keep slowly working up how much she gets fed at each feeding and she seems to be taking it well. I couldn't get her to drink the whole bottle but she did pretty well for her first time and we gave her the remainder through her ng tube. Second bottle didn't go nearly as well, but they'd also just finished removing the last iv she had in her scalp and putting in a new one, so she was more than a little fussy and worn out by the time Amanda got to try feeding her.
She managed to poop all over the tummy part of her dressings on her belly, so plastics had to come over and change her bandages and check things out. So far the wounds on her sides seem to be healing well and her back looks great. They should heal well over the next couple of weeks, but they're not talking about any estimates on when she might be discharged just yet.
More visitors appeared today in the form of grandma Peggy and auntie Sarah (again).
We also trekked out to Target again today to pick up some cute receiving blankets for her bed and some lullaby CDs since one of her nurses said she'd requested a cd player for her room to help soothe her. It can also be really helpful once we take her home because she'll get used to all of the noises of the NICU and might have trouble sleeping when we take her to a quiet home. But with any luck having the same music both places will help with that.
