To: GreenLanternCorps; All
Update 4/14/2004 She is up to 3 lbs 11.6 oz surpassing her birth weight.
Still eating well 33 cc every 3 hours
We actually caught the Dr. while at the hospital this morning. He is impressed with her progress. He said that really, all we are waiting for is for her to put on the weight.
She is even improving at being able to keep body heat.
Dr. did give us an interesting fact The majority of full-term babies do best on breast milk, while (contrary to logic) premies have a tendency to not tolerate breast milk well. In fact, he stated that only about 25% of premies do well on breast milk.
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He said that in the cases where there is some problem with tolerance, they will mix 50% breast milk with another product (made from partially broken down milk product?) to ease digestion and provide additional nutrition. Fortunately, he indicated that this was not indicated here, as she is doing a reasonable job of tolerating the breast milk, and is gaining weight.
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154 posted on
04/14/2004 9:01:31 PM PDT by
TheBattman
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To: TheBattman
Wow I never thought looking at pics of babies with tubes going in and out wpuld be so uncomfortable :( but I'm glad to see the little one is doing well.
155 posted on
04/14/2004 9:03:51 PM PDT by
cyborg
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To: TheBattman
Now that is ONE SWEET BABY! She's looking so good! Thanks for the update.
157 posted on
04/14/2004 9:14:23 PM PDT by
amom
To: TheBattman
So precious. Looking forward to more updates.
To: TheBattman
She looks so much bigger than she did at birth! She is filling out so beautifully every time you post pictures. And I love her in the last picture--all little girls look so sweet in pink.
Her progress sounds phenomenal--thanks be to God!
170 posted on
04/15/2004 11:22:15 AM PDT by
Okies love Dubya 2
(Expecting my third little FReeper around Father's Day!!!)
To: TheBattman
She is so precious. She looks like her mom. Hopefully she can make her FReeper debut when Jim visits Little Rock. What a great photo that would make. I'm so glad to hear about the improvements.
176 posted on
04/16/2004 7:30:53 PM PDT by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
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