On Friday, KelliAnne had remained stable and was actually taken off the respirator on put on SEAPAP. She handled this like a champ, likely due to the steroid shot she received for lung development nearly a month prior while we were in the hospital in Springfield. That turned out to be a very big deal potentially as she was breathing better than many '28 weekers'.
She also began her trophic feedings by a feeding tube directly into her belly and had no resistance. 5 days of this are needed before they can begin to increase her food intake by 1 mL every 12 hours if handling it well. They will do this until she is receiving a normal serving of breast mile with each feeding, while decreasing food delivered by IV. Her dependency on the breast mile and acceptance of it, will be a huge factor going forward as it has developmental nutrients you can't duplicate artificially. I have done the research on this... it's true.
I have focused mainly on the development on KelliAnne so far, but while this is going on, Robin and I have pretty much just sat in the chairs near her isolette and watched her, done some hand containment, and read to her as much as possible. Thanks to my sisters from bringing us lots of books to read to KelliAnne.
We have also tried to catch up on sleep. Robin has a better excuse than I considering she had major surgery just two days ago. I just don't sleep well any more. Robin also is awake every 3 hours to get 'milked' as well so no real continuity in our napping any more. That is preparing us for when baby comes home!
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