Slow and Steady

So what do you get when you take a little girl who hasn't had a thing to eat or drink for 5 days and then give her an entire sugar filled juice box? You get a party girl! That's right, Abby kept mommy up until 5AM this morning! She may have dozed off for an hour between 11PM and 5AM but that's it. Kelly was nice enough to let me sleep and toughed it out with Abby alone. And since we have a roommate there at CHOC, Kelly didn't want to just let Abby cry it out, so she entertained Abby the entire night.

As far as Abby goes and her progress, she seems to be moving forward slow and steady. We kept her on 10 cc's of formula today and then bumped her to 15 cc's. We are going to increase her feeding by 5 cc's every 6 hours until we get to 50. She also took a little bit of yogurt today and couple sips of a milk shake too. Basically, we're looking to go home no earlier than Saturday.

Abby's spirits are better however she is still very needy. It's extremely difficult to keep her entertained ALL DAY in that little crib / bed thing she is in. Abby is not one to just sit around. Her feeding therapist Karin stopped in today and she and Kelly took Abby on a walk around the 5th floor. This was a nice break for Abby, but it's a difficult thing to do since Karin and Kelly had to walk Abby with an IV pole and tubes all over the place.

Say some prayers for momma as well as Abby. I love my girls so much and they both continue to amaze me. This hospital stay is dragging on and it's time to get the family back home. Kelly's stamina for this stuff is off the charts. Eddie and I miss our girls very much tonight and are looking forward to seeing them tomorrow.

Man I hope Abby does okay with those feeding increases tonight!

Here is a shot of Abby right after she woke up. Love the hair. The net on her left hand is to protect the IV. The tube attached to skinny cup thing in front of her is actually her G Tube and that cup is what we were using to catch any fluid that was coming out of her stomach a couple of days ago.

Here's momma and Abby on the Super comfy fold out bed that we get to sleep on.

Abby is not one for snuggling too much, unless she is really tired or sick. In this picture, she's both.

Momma tried to go to sleep but since Abby wasn't tired she would poke momma's nose, or her eyes or her cheek. Needless to say, momma isn't sleeping much these days.

Here are a couple as Abby started to feel better. She loves to put my hat on like this and see the world through mesh.

I have no idea what she's grabbing for here. Probably my camera...no dice sister.

This is the face she makes when I say, "Abby, show me your teeth!" Again...love the hair.