Anna had a milestone today - one week old! She spent the morning with Dad and the afternoon snoozing peacefully in her isolette while Mom sat beside her. She is completing, probably as I type this, her third and final dose of Indomethacin to close an open duct in her heart (patent ductus arteriosus). She will have a second echocardiogram Wednesday to see whether the medicine did its job, and if it did, problem solved, and she'll go back to receiving breastmilk through a tube every three hours. She had to stop her feedings just while she received the medicine because it would've interfered with digestion. She generally does well with her feedings, so they're increasing by 1mL every 12 hours. Anna will also have an ultrasound of her head on Wednesday to see whether she had any bleeding in her brain in the first few days after birth. It'll be a busy day for her!
I did not get to "kangaroo" today but am hoping to Wednesday. We appreciate all the kind thoughts and prayers - we know those prayers are working and are counting our blessings that things have gone so well in the past week. We can't wait to bring Anna home!
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