Sadie continues to do well and is progressing on her eating. She was able to breastfeed for 20 minutes today and after that only drink 9cc's from the bottle. She's tried, but hasn't really breastfed much at all until today so that was a big achievement for her.
I called the NICU at nine tonight expecting to get a report on how much Sadie drink from the bottle and how much they had to gavage at the 8pm feeding. The nurse said that Sadie drank all 40cc's of her bottle at 5:30. Five-thirty? Turns out Sadie decided to give herself a tubectomy (she pulled out her feeding tube) right before she was supposed to be gavaged so they ended up bottle feeding her. The good news is that her left cheek gets a break from having the NG (the tube) attached to it. It's the right cheek's turn. The better news is that she drank her whole bottle in 25 minutes. That's very good! She just needs to continue drinking her whole bottle every time before they'll up her bottle/breastfeeds to three times every 24 hours.
For me, my first half day back at work went well. I felt missed which was nice and everyone was asking how Sadie and Jen were holding up. I work with a great bunch of people! They even surprised me with a basket of goodies for Sadie and a gift card to Target.
Jen's recovering extremely well and is able to do more and more every day. She's almost back to normal. The pain she has laying on her side or changing positions in bed is lessening as well.
It's after 10:30 and I still haven't updated the pictures. That makes two days I owe you. I make sure I get them uploaded tomorrow. Sorry to keep you waiting!
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absolutely amazing. She really doesn't like to be bothered with all the tubes, wires, IV, etc. Seems she showed all how to eat a full bottle. Guess she wants to come home quick!
I should say "drink" a full bottle
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