Zoey and I did a lot of hanging out today. Ray was in Eau Claire still because he had a wedding to go to tonight. Zoey and I did kangaroo time twice for about 3 1/2 hours which was great! I never want to end it no matter how uncomfortable I am or how bad I have to pee or how hungry I am. I'd rather just stay there and she always looks so cute and comfy that the nurses don't even want to move her. She's looking more and more like a normal baby all the time despite still being so small.
So weight gain is the biggest set back right now. Without it we can't move forward. During rounds this morning they looked up her weight exactly one week ago and it was the exact same as today. That was a major bummer since she had days with gains, but apparently her days with losses added up to the same amount. For those of you who know me well you know that math is not my strong point, but I guess I didn't take the time to do the math this time so no math jokes! :-) They added more micro lipids to her milk today and are leaving her TPN alone for now but are watching it closely to see if there's anything more they should do because they don't want to pump her up too much because that's not healthy either. Last night, I told Ray I might just take a pound off my thigh and add it to her and see if they notice. He thought that would be awkward. I'm just so ready to have her home...I just wish I could do something to help her grow faster. The Drs joked that I should eat some happy meals.
It sounds like she'll have her eye exam Monday or Tuesday and then surgery wouldn't be until later in the week. Not sure if that means the opthamology Dr finally returned the 2 pages and 1 email that was sent to him yesterday or what. We'll just have to wait and see what the plan becomes this week.
My sister, Lisa and my niece, Madison were finally able to make it down today with my parents to see Miss Zoey. This was a complete surprise for me...I had NO idea they were coming so when I saw them I started crying. I was just overwhelmed and overjoyed. Again shows how I love when family comes to visit! They thought Zoey looked so small compared to her pictures which made me chuckle because she's more than double her birth weight. We joked that the camera adds 10 pounds. They thought she looked so cute! It was nice to catch up and I was so glad they made it down.
On a totally different note, while kangarooing, I was listening to the nurses talking and started thinking about the population in Zoey's room right now. Then I realized Zoey is the only girl in there and yesterday there were 5 boys in there but 2 got shipped to another hospital so she's all alone with 3 boys in there now. Just thought it was interesting and Daddy's going to have his work cut out for him when she's a teenager if this is how she'll be with the boys when she gets older ;-)
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