33 Weeks

KelliAnne has continued to progress as the doctors have expected.  She is pooping like a baby, eating a full ounce every feeding now, and has become quite vocal and demanding when she wants (or doesn't want something).

The doctors told us early this week that everything is going very great, except for being slightly anemic, which is very common for a baby her age, and they need to see more weight gain.  KelliAnne started the week at 2lb 14oz, only 10oz over her birth weight.  They expect her to be gaining about 25g per day on average, we were not quite at that.  She was listening and turned on the weight gain nearly every day, and as of the evening of 6/16 she was up to 3lb 6oz!  She gained over an ounce per day average, and it shows.  She is starting to look so big and healthy to us even, and we see her every day.

Now she needs to start producing more mature red blood cells and getting her iron levels up on her own, otherwise a blood transfusion could be in her future.  Keep your thoughts on KelliAnne Wed morning as she gets tested for red blood count again.

The most fun part of this week was the eye exam on Wednesday.  I worked from the hospital so I could be there to help her stay a little calm, because they told us that the babies do not appreciate stuff shoved in their eye.  The doctors were looking to see how her eye is maturing.  Since babies eyes are one of the last parts to develop since they don't freaking need them at this point usually, they can sometimes stop developing, and the blood vessels may just stop growing that connect their retinas to the back of the eye.  They checked them out, pissed her off, and then I held her for a couple hours and she was all good.  Her eyes are about where they would expect, so we get to do the same thing the next two weeks to make sure all continues as planned.

Especially with returning to work, we treasure each time we get to spend with KelliAnne and we have captured some great moments from the last week we will share here.