More Rest

Another day of rest

Today continued to be a much needed day of restorative rest and recovery for both me and Maggie. I am feeling more and more mobile and got up again to make a visit to the NICU to see her, along with Jeff.

Yesterday we had learned Maggie had some blood in her stool. The doctors were trying to determine if was caused by the delivery or if she has an intestinal issue. She was taken off of her feedings until they knew more. After the x-ray came back today, it turns out she is OK and it is safe to resume feedings. She is being fed breastmilk/formula 4 times daily through a feeder tube the goes in her nose to her stomach. Nurse Kim says Maggie really likes to eat, which is a good sign. I'm doing my best to keep up my end of the deal for her.

Another change in Maggie's condition is that she had an apnea spell today (common for babies born prematurely - this is when the baby stops/forgets to breathe and needs assitance coming out of the spell). Maggie's nurses got her through this episode and have started her on caffeine, which helps limit these spells.
Maggie continues to spend lots of time under the UV lights today, so our visit was short this afternoon. We plan to return this evening to give her "kanagroo" care (this is skin to skin contact) for a while, then she'll go back under the lights.

We'll be going home tomorrow and before we do, Jeff and I are going to work on a little photo project for Maggie. We're going to print out pictures of Cece, Ole, Artie, and us and stick them on her isolette, so she is always surrounded by us (even when we're not here).

As great as it will be to go home, it will be weird to not go home with our new baby girl. However, we know that she'll be with us really soon and that she's in the best place possible with the smartest doctors and nurses taking constant care of her.

Bridget, Jeff, Cece & Maggie