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Jem, prescient you are! You asked yesterday for an update on Noelle and I received one this morning. Here ‘tis:

” I’m thrilled to report that Noelle is doing very well. She has been moved to the “growers and eaters” wing of the NICU. She is 10 weeks old and weighs 3 pounds 15 1/2 ounces! She took her first bottle this week. Granted, it was only an ounce but its a start! She still has the feeding tube, and the bottle feeds will gradually increase until she is weaned to the bottle/breast. It seems that it takes less energy for preemies to drink from a bottle. She is in an open-air crib now, but still having some help with a low-flow oxygen set up. She is gaining weight more rapidly now. One doctor told me she only had to gain weight and “all her problems would melt away.” I bought her some preemie sleepers...she must be one of the best dressed babies on the unit! She needs sleepers to keep her body warm. And she looks like her Daddy...which is to say, she is beautiful!

Thanks for your continuing prayers and positive thoughts!”