We'll be going down to the hospital Friday around lunch time and then staying overnight with her in one of their "transitional infant care" rooms to make sure that we're comfortable taking care of her and that she eats okay and gains weight. If she doesn't come home Saturday, we don't necessarily have to stay another night with her if we're comfortable taking care of her. Then the day after she comes home, she'll be seen by a home health nurse and then be seen by the pediatrician within a week.
Doug and I went down last night. He fed her her 6:00 bottle. She took a long time taking it and only took 45cc's out of the 70cc's that were in there. Her minimum to take is 90cc's per shift, so that was half of that and not too bad really. She had gotten her first bigger dose of the diuretic with that feeding so hopefully it kicked in and does it's job and she starts eating a little bit better. She's tricky to feed because she burps A LOT (and sounds like a trucker, lol). You can get 3 good, HUGE burps out of her, but she could still have to burp more. And she won't drink anymore if she has to burp. But sometimes, towards the end of a bottle, if she won't drink you don't always know if it's because she has to burp or because she's done, so it can be frustrating. I don't have her weight from last night yet, but hopefully she gained.
Anyway things are pretty much ready for her here at home. The bassinet is set up, the bouncy seat is put together, we have diapers and wipes and bottles and she has tons of clothes. Her carseat is down at the hospital for her to get her carseat test to make sure she can sit in it and not have any problems breathing or anything like that. I'm not real sure when they're doing that.
So that's the update for now! Sorry, no pics!
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Goooo Brooke!! I'm sure she'll be coming home soon. How exciting!
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