Oral Feeding on the Rise and One Step Closer to Leaving the NICU

There's becoming less and less to report on Patyon.  That in itself is a very good thing. 

Here are a few new things in Patyon's life:

1. Oral feeds are increasing. She's now the happy recipient of 4 x 10ml oral feeds per day.  So much in fact that they are decreasing her tube feeds to counter balance her oral ones (this started this morning so we'll see how she fares with more milk in her tummy).

2. She's scheduled to be moved out of the NICU on Monday/Tuesday.  She'll be moved up to the surgical unit as surgery still wants to follow her for a little while more before sending her home.  Its a big move for us, she'll be watched a little less closely and unfortunately Dwayne nor I are set up to be able to move in with her (as the children's surgical unit is designed for).  If we knew it was only for a couple of days we'd possibly be able to juggle it but it could be for another week or so, and that sort of time committment away from other areas of our lives is next to impossible right now.

On all other fronts Payton is doing well. 

Here's a quick picture of our day yesterday - a short but fun trip to the NICU.

Today we also bathed Payton for the 1st time. She screamed like she's supposed to and we assured her that she would one day learn to like her baths.

Her cousin Kristin got to visit with her and hold her as well...just another cuddle buddy to hold the little girl who has a lot of cuddles to make up for.