Morgan Kate

Morgan Kate's day began with an eye exam. Great news is the exam went well and her eyes look great. Not so good news was that the exam stressed her out some and she required a little extra oxygen. (It might have also been the attempted bottle feed shortly after the exam.) She was still on the cc flow meter, but was requiring about 100ccs. However, throughout the day her numbers have come down and this evening while I was there she was down to 40ccs. Incredible! 

I tried giving Morgan Kate a bottle around 12pm today. She was not the least bit interested in the bottle. She only took 5 of the 55ccs and ended up getting the rest of the feed through the tube. I have found that Morgan Kate has to be completely awake (which makes finding a time very difficult), she has to be really interested and the room has to be super quiet. When all of those things are in place she usually does a good job. I tried giving her another bottle tonight at 9pm and she did some better. She was still rather sleepy, but took 30 of the 55ccs. Dr. Y says that we are not going to stress about the bottles. Morgan Kate CAN go home on the low flow oxygen and tube feedings, but she can't go home on high flow oxygen and all bottles. We've got to decide what is more important and we all agree her lungs are!

Tonight was bath night and she seemed to really like it. We put her in the little tub and she did a great job. We also weighed her and she weighed in at six pounds and five ounces. She didn't gain any, but she didn't lose any either. 

Please continue to pray for Morgan Kate's growth and that her lungs will continue to mature and heal.