There hasn't been really any new news on Charlotte for the past couple days. Her breathing has become much more of an involuntary action as her brain is now more developed. She has gone a whole week without having a Brady where the nurses needed to intervene. She has had a few but she recovered on her own!
She is still learning how to eat from the bottle. She is getting better but she needs to get stronger so she can take the whole feeding that way. She is up to 48 cc's per feeding but she is only taking about 1/2 of that by bottle. Charlotte only attempts the bottle twice a day as the doctors don't want her to expend too much energy during feedings. Once she is able to take the entire feeding by bottle and maintain her weight they will give her the bottle more often during the day.
Charlotte's big news is that she is up to 5 1/2 lb.s!!!! She is getting chubbier cheeks and has a little chub on her fingers and toes. She is fast becoming our little pork chop!
The doctors still can't say when Charlotte will be able to come home as everything is up to her right now. Since her breathing has become more stable the main focus is now her eating. They want to make sure that she can eat everything by bottle and still maintain her weight. They have to remind us that she is only 36 weeks and she is right on target so we just have to be patient. Easier said then done since she is so dang cute and we just want to get her home!
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