Exciting Day!

So this morning we headed up to the Dr. office for Lee to learn how to pack my wound. I took a pain pill before going because 1) the area is already uncomfortable feeling and 2) I was scared that it would hurt even worse if Lee was stuffing the hole with gauze. The Dr. did end up advising me to take 1 percocet before I have the dressing changed it time. So anyway Lee got a lesson on wound care. It was sooooo uncomfortable and I have to admit I'm dreading him doing it tonight without the Dr. helping. At the same time I'm thankful that he is willing to do this for me.

After the appointment I dropped the boys off at the house and headed over to visit Avery. She amazingly took her 9pm bottle in its entirety. I got there around 11:15 and Dr. Ladd wanted me to give her the bottle at noon. She was awake when I got there and I sat with her talking to her for a while. I brought one of her outfits that mom bought. I was finally going to dress her in an outfit of ours and not one from the hospital. (the NICU receives lots of premie/newborn clothing for the small babies to wear and most are really cute) The outfit was a Newborn size and is from 5-8lbs. It swallowed her. She's still too tiny for it to fit her well. Her little legs wouldn't stay down in the feet of the outfit. So I undressed her and put back on her other outfit.

I noticed she kept putting her hands in her mouth. She also began moving her mouth around and to the side as if she was searching for the bottle. I began feeding her at 11:50 and within 4 minutes she gulped down 22cc out of 38. It was shocking! It was the fastest she'd ever taken the formula. It is very hard to tell to see how much she had taken. I knew I had to burp her in the middle of the bottle but was hesitant to pop it out to check in fear that she wouldn't latch back on. This little girl had no problem. She actually ended up eating 40cc total. She was also passed out by the time she was done eating.

I was thrilled beyond words as the progress she made. So Dr. Ladd has changed her feedings so now she will be fed by mouth every other feed. If she keeps it up tonight/tomorrow then she will go to every feed. Then if it all goes as planned they think she will come home Saturday or Sunday at the latest. I am so excited at the thought of her coming home. There is a little bit of reservation of her coming home just because of the whole feeding thing. I know she has to have xx amount of formula a day to get enough calories and just knowing when to increase her formula, etc. She already has a Dr. appointment scheduled for Monday. I just so happened to already have it scheduled because we thought I'd be induced this past Monday and she should've been born yesterday. The ped wanted to see her on Monday based on that birthday b/c of the heart condition. She has to be seen by her ped the next business day after she is discharged. So the appointment I set is perfect!

So I guess I need to get everything ready for her arrival. Wow, I can't believe it will be coming up so soon. Mackenzie is also suppose to be coming back here on Saturday. So hopefully both my girls will be coming home on Saturday. It was a good day indeed!