Emma is still truckin' along. No significant changes, she's just working on bottle feeding. She's still having good days and not-so-good days with it. Still trying to get that coordination down! She's up to 2105g, which is about 4 lbs., 10 ounces.
The retina specialist had come to look at Emma's eyes a few days ago and basically said the same thing as the regular opthamologist (mild ROP). She'll have another appointment in 2-3 weeks and we'll just continue to monitor it.
The doctors also reduced the extra calorie packets in her milk. They had been supplementing the milk with fortifiers to add a couple extra calories to help her gain weight. Since she's been gaining so well, they reduced the fortifiers from two to one. Also, Emma had been getting a bolus of caffeine every day since she was born. This is typically done for preemies just to give them a little extra boost to help them keep breathing, etc. They discontinued the caffeine, so no more daily cup of java for Emma! Now she's just getting her iron supplements and multivitamins.
Hi Daddy!
Oh no, is that what I think it is??
A Yankee hat? *gasp!* Daddy is a Yankees fan?!?!
Phew, I know Mommy is a Red Sox fan, now I can sleep.
Miss Emma, you are looking so good, keep up the good work. And I'm very glad to see your a Red Sox fan! What a great family picture. Just remember Emma: suck, swallow and breathe!!
ReplyDeleteA Red Sox fan? OMG!
ReplyDeleteI'm a Yankee fan....but after what she and you've been through, I'll accept any team SHE chooses. That said, I'll still try to coax her to support the Bronx Bombers :-0
ReplyDeletexoxo, Cathy Pisani
ps...is the name of the retina specialist Dr Howard Charles(one of his offices is in Mt. Kisco?