Sep
24
2008
16th Day Post Surgery – Wednesday September 24, 8:00 PM
I made it back from my Las Vegas trip safely at midnight last night. My mom is took the night shift, Afton took the morning shift, Dawn Graf spent most of the afternoon and early evening and I am taking the night shift tonight. The routine is pretty much the same as it was when I left with a few changes. They have increased the feeding amounts to 65ml every three hours. The antibiotic has been discontinued. And the draining in the Plural Catheter has gone down but not a lot. Dr. King should be stopping by in the morning and let me know what the plans are with that.
I wanted to to thank again everyone that has helped while I was away. My grandparents even took a shift - how cool is that:
Lilee is very alert and is getting stronger. When she is awake she is looking around non stop. Her cry is getting stronger as well. Its not the quiet whimper we had after the breathing tube was removed but its not a very loud cry either. I would describe it as a cute cry. We shall see what Ethan thinks of it since he loves listening to babies cry while he is holding them. She still hasn't acquired a taste for the portagen formula and it doesn't look like she is even going to try. She knows the good stuff is out there somewhere and it seems she is content waiting for it to come back. It has been amazing to hold her again. I sure do like my little babies! Lilee fits just right in the crook of my arm and I can hold her for as long as I want and she doesn't care. In fact its pretty obvious she likes it. I have been told of smiling rumors while I was gone - but as of now they are just rumors until I personally get a legit smile out of her. You can trust me when I say I will keep trying until I get one.