7/12/08

Wow!!! LEXEY IS HOME!!! She is home in her room and look great when I saw her. It is so odd to see her in a carseat and in her crib. She looks so small when in both of those. We took pictures and will post those soon. My dad and I went to see her machine that she is hooked to and learned how to adjust her oxygen and the functions on her monitor. Brian and Kim are so excited! They will be saving so much on gas driving across town 2-3 times a day. It will be an adjustment having her home as they learned last night in the hospital. Brian is a heavy sleeper and Kim a very light sleeper, but they will work things out. If you have not read the comment that Sherri posted on the last post please do so. It is a very cute rhyme about visitors and Lexey's situation.

7/11/08

Crazy as it may seem but Lexey could be home tomorrow or Sunday!!! WOW!! She has been in the open crib now for over 24 hours and she is doing great. She looks small in the crib, but is 1915 grams (4 lbs 3 1/2 ozs). Tonight she passed her car seat test and her hearing test. Brian and Kim are up at the hospital right now. They are spending the night with Lexey in a room to see how they all do. So Lexey is back downstairs right now again. This way the nurses are close by yet Brian and Kim get their first taste of having a baby whom they need to care for all night and day. Depending on what the doctor says tomorrow will determine what happens. She will be going home on oxygen but that is not unusual. Tonight while she was eating her oxygen level was high that Brian and Kim almost had it turned off it was so low. She is amazing and now getting 2 ozs of formula a feeding which is when she gets fussy. Lexey will not be out and about of the house for quite awhile when she does come home. Also visitations may be restricted a bit at home so that Lexey stays healthy and the family get used to a routine. I will update this tomorrow after Brian and Kim call about the doctor report. Brian and Kim want to thank all of you for your continued support and prayers.

7/10/08

Yesterday was a big day for our little girl. She was moved upstairs to the other nursery. It has more room and the babies are less stressed by the ammount of people in the room. It is nice and willl be great for Lexey's transitions she will be making. Another change for Lexey is that she does not eat every 3 hours now. The nurses say that they will feed her when she cries. The thing is Lexey doesn't really cry. She sometimes fusses a bit but rarely cries. She really is a mild tempered baby. Other news that happened today, the nurse put Lexey in an open crib. She was only in it for 30 minutes and then her body tempature dropped so they put her back in the incubator. Kim is going to have them try again tonight. Because if Lexey can stay in the open crib and take all of her feedings through the bottle for 48 hours straight she gets to go home. We were hoping that she would be home by Saturday but it will not happen since they took her out of the crib today. She will probably come home on oxygen but that is not a big concern as long as she is well enough to come home that is wonderful. Oh and we have a 4 pounder on our hands!! Lexey reached 4 lbs on Wednesday.

7/7/08

Things are going well. The nurses are turning down the tempaterture of her incubator in preparation to move her to an open crib. It is at 29 and they want to get it down to 28. She is now hooked up to the wall for her oxygen instead of the mix of oxygen. They are weaning her off of that as well. She weighs 1775 grams 3lbs 14 1/2 ozs. She took all of her feedings through the bottle execpt for the one at 6:00 today. She even sucked her vitamins through the bottle almost straight because they forgot to mix them in the milk. She is eating 36 mls of milk per feeding. When Kim feed her tonight it only took her 3-4 mins to eat the bottle.

7/6/08

Lexey is up to 3lbs 12 ozs. She is doing great! Last night she had 4 of her feedings in a row through the bottle!! Wow!! The nurse told Kim today that she is going to ask the doctor today if he comes in or tomorrow when he comes in, if they can move Lexey into an open bed. That is big news because usually they wait to put the babies into the open bed when the baby weighs 1800-2000 grams. Lexey is 1705 grams. That is another step in the right direction for Lexey to come home. Hopefully only 2 more weeks but we wait.