I apologize for the delay in posts, we have been quite busy this past week. While Paul was in Puerto Rico his grandfather passed away. So on Saturday morning we went to see Briana and then on Sunday left for Iowa. It was wonderful to meet all of Paul's family and get to show off pictures of our baby.
Briana has been doing very well. The nurses are still attempting to ween her from her oxygen and she's now on one liter. As soon as she can control her breaths to under 60 breaths a minute we can start breast and bottle feeding. She still is occasionally having spells. There are times she recovers on her own and sometimes she needs some help. The nurses area also trying to get her off of her cannula! I'm hoping that by the end of the week she might be completely breathing on her own!
Briana was really having a lot of trouble pooping. She hadn't pooped in over 24 hours so the doctors gave her a suppository. When Paul and I went to visit her on Sat. Paul got to hold her for the first time since he had returned from Puerto Rico. After he was done we but Briana back in her bed and I got to change her diaper. At first she just had a little smear and we were happy with that. As I continued to change her diaper she went in to ice cream machine mode and continued to poop. I tried to put her butt into the diaper and thought I had done so fast enough but a nurse later pointed out the projectile poop across her bed. There was so much that they had to change out her bed completely! She is completely Paul's daughter.
Briana is still having difficulty pooping so they have given her a drug that should help basically help her intestines push along with another suppository today. Briana hasn't pooped since her explosion mentioned above, so it's been almost 72 hours. Her stomach isn't distended and is soft which are all good signs but she needs to poop on a more regular basis. The doctors have still been increasing her feedings, 16 cc's now! However, they've extended her feedings over 2 hours.
The doctors also have explained to Paul and I that Briana is big enough were they are going to put her in an open crib. She has to be able to maintain her temperature so they are slowly lowering the temperature in her bed and observing how she tolerates it. It's a little crazy to think about her in a "big girl bed" but it's a great step in the right direction so that we can bring her home.
Today I went in to visit Briana and brought her a swing that we had received for one of our baby showers. It was so good to see her again even though Paul and I were only gone for a couple of days. When I finally saw Briana she opened her eyes and started smiling at me. It was so wonderful to know she knew who I was and that I seemed missed. After holding her for quite a while I decided to test out the swing with Bri. She is so small in it! It was so funny to watch her expressions as she heard the music. I don't think she was thrown off by the motion but she kept looking around in the direction that the music was coming from. Once Briana is in an open bed and when she's awake the nurses will put her in the swing. It's a wonderful thing especially when Paul and I can't be there.
Also, Briana is 4.1 lbs! She's a big girl and is still growing! She looks so cute now and is constantly filling out. One of the nurses placed a bow in her hair and it looks absolutely adorable. At first I wasn't sure how they that put the bow there without a clip but a nurse informed me that they used KY jelly. Apparently it hardens and keeps the bow to the head but is also water soluble, she looks amazing.
Thanks everyone for checking in, sorry it took so long to update it!
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