a brand new day

Last night she had 5 bradies - so a good amt less than the night previous. 4 were self-resolved, 1 tactile. Grandma did a good job of making Mommy get some rest, she's kind of strict though! But..it was good to get such a good nights sleep. No dreams last night, thanks for praying. When we got here Ellie was ever so cute, got this picture, and then she started laying on her arm. I so tried to get a picture of that for you Daddy, but our camera was out of batteries. No worries, Grandma and I are going to get some more! This morning, Ellen (Ellie's Nurse Practitioner) came in and gave good reports for our little girl this morning. She increased her feedings to 6 mLs every 3 hours starting today, so we'll see how she tolerates them. Ellen also prepared me that this will be a big week for Ellie's eating - hopefully we'll re-evaluate her tolerance and move up her dosages daily - maybe a couple CCs (interchangeable with mLs) tomorrow! Ellen said maybe by the end of this week, she'll move to just mommy's milk - no IV fluids! I was pretty excited that was in Ellie's near future. Obviously we'll still take one day at a time, but kinda fun to look forward to that! She also got to have her nasal cannula lowered to 1.5 L of room air. She has a scratch/bruise on her right eyelid, but Ellen wasn't worried about that. The bruising might be shifting from her cheeks that were from before. Mommy just got done giving Ellie a washcloth rub down (i.e. bath) and so she's all clean now! :) As if she really had much body odor before. We washed her hair and combed it too. Changed her diaper after her enema - she had a great amount of green/tarry poop! Yippee. Grandma Weber got to watch and then she also got to see a couple of Ellie's big smiles. I was so glad she did them again! It's so precious. Until next time...