Zoey

8-21-13

Dear baby Zoey

Omg drum roll please............................

Zoey hit 3 pounds!! Yay!!!! I was So excited I started screaming with joy. Sorry nurse Emily.

Also, some very exciting news.... bunny had a beautiful baby boy this morning. I can't wait for you guys to meet. I'm pretty sure you are going to be best friends:)!!

Her oxygen is at a two so I'm guessing when they get to zero she has a different oxygen flow.

They are not going to be giving her caffeine anymore to see if that helps slow down her very high heart rate. she is on 25 ml of feeds with a vitamin. Next week sometime they will check her eyes. I'm praying this test comes back good but we are worried about this one. They check her Hearing 3-5 days before she goes home, probably October sometime.

I'm wondering when she

can be out of the incubator? Any other questions I should have or that you want to know? My mind goes blank when they ask me this. Grr

Mostly we are pumped for her being our little sumo, hitting the hefty "3"pound mark!!! I think we need to celebrate!!!!!!

Love Mommy

8-20-13

Dear Baby Zoey

The first thing the nurses say (and always say) when I ask how you are doing is, "she is soo feisty"!! You have pulled out your feeding tube 5 times and your ox countless times today. They have to basically tie your hands and legs down with blankets so tight, and you still manage to squeeze out and yank all your tubes, plugs, and wires. You little sneak!!!

Ahhh I can't tell you how in love mommy is with you!!! We have waited and struggled for so long. It's hard to believe you are here and you are mine. I told daddy I want 10 more of you....no comment from daddy...lol

Love Mommy

8-17-13

Dear Baby Zoey

Happy 2-week birthday!!!

Mommy is so happy because she gets to hold you for a long time today!! You are so tiny. I feel like I'm going to break you so could you please start gaining weight. Thanks:)

You are 2# 12 1/2 ounces

They have increased your feedings to 24.

There has been a virus going around the NICU. The nurses tested all the babies and gratefully you didn't get it.

You had one grade today

They still give you caffeine 2X a day to help with your breathing.

They also give you vitamins and lipids.

They suctioned her nose so hopefully that will help her breath better.

In order for her to go home (which will be a while) she has to maintain her temperature, oxygen, and eat.

She is still on the nasal cannula and a feeding tube that is down her mouth. She keeps pulling her feeding tube out and the nurses keep having to put it back down her throat. When she is off the nasal cannula then they can put the feeding tube down her nose

(Which hopefully means it will be harder for her to pull out.

Today, mommy and daddy get to (have to) take a class with all the NICU parents. This will help us be able to take care of you when you get to come home :)

Love mommy

8-15-13

Dear Baby Zoey

Mommy is so excited to announce that you are off the CPAP and now you are on a regular nasal cannula. This means you are breathing mostly on your own. When you were born were on a ventilator (big tube down your throat breathing for you) mommy had one of these too, and it's not fun having that shoved down your throat all day, but grateful for it because it kept us alive :)

Then they switched you to the CPAP machine, which they have been weaning you off. Now you are on just a regular nasal cannula. I hope that made sense.

Your weight is 2.13! So you are almost up to your birth weight.

They have weaned you off your humidity.  They give you 100% breast milk, caffeine, And 1/2 mil of vitamins. You had no a's or b's (I think that's good). Mommy is still trying to learn all the medical terms and what they mean. Hopefully in two more months I should be a pro.

Kimmi, Ciaran and Cabhan came and saw you today. They could not get enough of you and took lots of pics and video. I call them your older big brothers. You are their first sister and they adore you!! Grandpa also came and saw you. He wanted to give you a good pat but mommy said "no way"!

Mommy hopes and prays you continue to grow and develop normally and don't have any defects or complications. So far you are a fighter and living up to your name which means LIFE;)

Love mommy