Thursday, March 21, 2013

9p.m.

No appointments today!  To make up for it, we have two tomorrow!  Yay! *sigh*  Occupational therapy for the first time and then the pediatrician.  The speech therapist called me today and said she talked to the pediatrician; she told her how well Aubrey's doing with the bottle and that she thinks the feeding tube could come out.  Good thing, seeing as we took it out last night.  It needed to be changed anyway, plus it was working its way out, so we decided to snatch it.  I think Aubrey has gagged less, but maybe it's just wishful thinking.  I'm worried that the pediatrician isn't going to think Aubrey's taking in enough food during the day to warrant no feeding during the night; she took at bottle at midnight last night, about half of one at 4a.m., and then didn't wake up until 9:15 this morning.  I hope the doctor will at least give us a week to try her without it and see if she still gains weight before making the decision whether or not to put the tube back.

no tube face!

Now for confession time: the polite, well-raised Southern girl in me feels like a heel for this, but for all the wonderful presents and gifts we've gotten for us and for Aubrey I have not written a single thank-you note.  We had our first baby shower on a Sunday, and the next Saturday Aubrey was born.  Adam and I were tossed head first into a giant pool of stress and worry, and most days felt like we were sinking to the bottom.  Thank-you notes were pretty far from the center of my thoughts.  So, to everyone who sent us a card, a gift card for food, money, a present for Aubrey--thank you.  So very much.  We appreciate each and every time someone thought of us enough to send something in the mail or by way of our parents, or, even better, drop by the hospital to give us something, even if it was just a hug.   We are blessed with having so many people that care for us.

I can only imagine the expressions of derision we're going to be on the receiving end of when she gets to be a teenager.

The company that rents the heart/apnea monitor we use for Aubrey called me today too.  They switched out our monitor yesterday and looked at all the info from it when alarms went off.  The lady said there were no true bradycardia episodes (low heart rate) and that when the alarm went off for that it was either because of electrical interference or the leads were connected well.  So yay for that!

-Keli