3 POUNDS!!!!!!

Our little Paisley has had a great week. We are so proud of her. As you can see from the title of the post, she has reached 3 pounds. In fact, she was 3 pounds 1 ounce last night. She has had very few A's and B's throughout the week, but the heart murmur is still present. She has tolerated her feedings almost perfectly, with only small amounts of residual, if any at all. The fact that she is doing so well with eating could indicate that the PDA (hole in the heart) could be getting better. The doctors haven't really mentioned surgery much lately.

The occupational therapist came this week and observed Paisley and saw that she was showing signs of being ready to breast feed, so they began to try that with her. Within only one day of trying she was sucking and getting milk. Everyone (occupational therapist, nurses, doctors) have said they have never seen a baby so small do so well so early. She really is such an inspiration to all of us. She must really want to go home. Of all the requirements that she has in order to go home she has exceeded expectations on all of them. She is pretty much on room air most of the time and we sometimes wonder why they even keep her on oxygen. She is obviously getting the feeding thing down so that requirement should be met soon. Its hard to get your hopes up on when she will get to come home, but it is impossible not to think about it.

All things considered our sweet little girl is doing so good. She always has a smile for her daddy, and it just melts my heart. Thank you all for your prayers and the encouraging comments.