Lots of good Abby news

What’s crackin’ Abby Heads,

Abby has been doing well since Monday. She is up to 16 cc’s of milk every 3 hours, she is holding steady on the nasal cannula, and she is going #2 on her own these days which is huge. And speaking of huge, she had the monster poop of the century today. I wasn’t there to witness, but I was told it was by far her biggest one yet! But seriously, this is a good thing because I don’t want her to get dependent on the enema to go and the past few days she has proven that she can do without it. Let’s hope that continues. Abby, like her mommy is a night owl. She’s tired and sleepy all day, and then each night when we get back from our dinner break around 8PM, she is wide awake and looking all around! It’s great….well at least for now. If she remains a night owl through her teenage years, I think daddy is going to have some problems! She is also starting to breastfeed. Sometimes she does well and other she just grunts and tells mommy she ain’t interested. The developmental therapist, Karen, comes by each day and works with Abby with her legs and her shoulders and also tries to teach her to take a bottle. The funny part is that Karen comes by around 11AM each day and of course Abby the night owl, is out like a light and not very much in the mood for any kind of exercise. Kelly said that Karen tries to wake her up but it never works.

Some more good news is that Abby isn’t going to need that new valve in her shunt until AFTER she comes home, which means no more surgeries in the near future! And while that will stink when the time comes, for now we get to just look forward to her growing and getting bigger. The valve will basically control how fast the fluid drains from Abby’s head. Right now, there’s a tiny valve in there but it’s not doing as well as this next one will. And if we keep Abby too upright for too long we can literally see her head get smaller. The doc said this isn’t that important right now, but over time we will definitely want to get this under control and that is what the new valve will do.

And without further adieu, here are some of the latest shots of our little smile maker.
Love to all,
Us