Busy Day

We went to the Dr's rounds this morning to hear what the Dr's have to say about our daughter and her progress. Funny enough and considering it is halloween, most of the Dr's in the meeting at least had some kind of ear like costume things on. The lead Dr, had a full Winnie the Pooh suit. We couldn't resist taking a picture. The Dr's are going to increase Nayeli's food intake from 24 to 30 cc's, which gets her half way to the 60 cc's they want her eating before we leave. In addition to the food, we will have to give Nayeli other special nutrients to promote healing and growth as she gets older. The Dr's also decided not to put Nayeli on a c-pap and have also decided against a permanent tube for now. Instead, starting today, they are going to give her Lasics. If you dont know, Lasics is used to make Nayeli urinate more in hopes it will keep her fluid down and even better, ultimately get rid of it forever. So, for now, it is a test to see how it goes.

During the day, the Dr's decided Nayeli did not need to be in her radiant warmer bed. This bed maintains her temperature for her, but since she is doing well, they decided to try her in a regular crib. This will force Nayeli to regulate her own temperature, which is an added stress and more burned calories for her. They tested her for several hours in the radiant warmer (with it off) before moving her and she did fine. So, our baby girl is now in as normal a baby bed as one can get in a hospital. While Nayeli's primary care nurse Mardi got the new bed ready, I got to hold Nayeli for only my second time. I love holding her! Liz also held Nayeli today. Liz was pretty good on reading Nayeli a few times today. Nayeli wouldn't stop crying. Liz checked her diaper three times and those three times Nayeli had either peed or pooped.

Liz's dad brought Twinkie and Molly for a visit with Mom and Dad today also. It was great to see our "other" babies and very therapeautic for us. We only got to see them for a short time, but it was awesome as it feels like we have not seen them for months. As you could have guessed, Liz started to cry when her dad was putting them back in their crates to take them home.


Look at me I am a burrito for Halloween

Daddy I am going to cry no matter what you say!

Goodbye Radiant Warmer Bed!

Check out my new crib!