Sunday, November 30, 2008

Day 41, 11.30.08



Evelyn started taking a bottle today!!! She is doing well and when Roger was there this afternoon, Evelyn took nearly the entire bottle in 10 minutes! It took her another 20 minutes to finish the last 10 cc's or so, but still, amazingly well. She will still have a feeding tube to help her finish her feeds until she can finish her entire bottle in 30 minutes or less. Whatever she doesn't finish will be fed in through her feeding tube.

Here she is today holding Roger's hand. Notice... no feeding tube through her nose. They had to take it out to switch sides anyway, so they left it out for a while. It's so nice to see her pretty face with nothing attached!



She is now up to 44 cc's/feeding and has doubled her weight to 2,040 grams (4 lbs 8 oz). She's still having some spells, but is recovering on her own. She'll have to grow out of these and be on 100% bottle feeds before she can come home. We're getting more excited about being able to bring her home sooner rather than later, but we still think Christmas is a good target date.

One other update is that Roger and I took our infant CPR class - a requirement for us to be able to bring Evelyn home. We hope to never use it.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh, You guys!! She looks so beautiful! We are thinking of you and hoping your Christmas will be filled with your whole family. Evelyn is looking great.

Derek and Christy Moore said...

She looks so good. It sounds like she really liked that bottle...yum, yum. Keep up the good work Evelyn!!!

Anonymous said...

Evenlyn looks fantastic! I am so glad everything is coming along so well. How exciting to be thinking of bringing her home. =)
Miki

Anonymous said...

Hi! I showed this blog to a friend who had a baby at 27 weeks and she is AMAZED at how wonderfully Evelyn is doing. Her daughter is a healthy, thriving 3 yr old today. We are thinking of you and so glad to see the progress!
Cousin Raquel & family

Anonymous said...

I had not looked at this for a few days and what a surprise that she has gained some weight and looks so great. Even some chubby cheeks. She is beautiful; how fun. We continue to pray for her and you all with the hope that you will have little Evelyn home soon.