A Good Day for Kyleigh

Kyleigh had a good day with feeding. In fact, her feeding tube was removed and she took from a bottle at each feeding and even took to the breast for a short period of time. She had many alert feedings with both eyes open and spent time smiling and making cute noises today. The nurses have fallen in love with her and it is so nice to see them interact with her in the same loving manner that I give her. She weighs 5 lb 1 oz and may come off the IV soon as she will have her billirubin checked again tomorrow for the jaundice. Tomorrow will be her first bath at the NICU and that is a big deal. She will also get to wear one of her Christmas onesies tomorrow after the bath. I can't wait to get pictures of her in her onesie and santa hat. She will not see an ENT doctor while in the NICU. They have decided to do this as out patient and refer her to DUKE ENT. She already has an appointment at Duke Eye Care with Dr. Freedman (Kaitlyn's doctor) for January 12th to have a full exam and ultrasound. Then they scheduled her first surgery for January 14th as it is imperative that her first eye be operated on by 4 weeks of age so that the second eye can be operated on 4 weeks later. The doctors said today that if she continues to improve we could look to bring her home in 3-4 days. YEAH!!! God is answering our prayers for her health. We are still praying for continued progress, safe keeping of our health and strength and grace for handling Kaitlyn's frustration and tantrums. Merry Almost Christmas Everybody!