March for Babies

Monday, May 08, 2006

Amazing

Drinking from a bottle twice a day. Gavage (tube) feedings the rest of the time.
 
Off oxygen except for a little "blow by" when she eats or gets a little tired and forgets to breathe.
 
3 pounds 11 ounces.
 
"Very slight beginnings of Stage 1 Retinopathy of Prematurity" according to the eye doctor yesterday.  Being off the oxygen and gaining weight will help this and we suspect she will not have much if any trouble with it in the future.
 
I am blown away by the progress she has made in the last two weeks.  Crazy amazing kind of good that leaves me anxiously waiting for the other shoe to drop.
 

9 comments:

Well-heeled mom said...

Good good news! So happy for the update.

Anonymous said...

I'm so glad she's doing so well. I've been following your blog since she was born, I was so worried for her at first!

Linda said...

Hooray! That's awesome, Blue.

Heather said...

Way to go, Azure! Yeah! Sounds like that baby girl of yours has decided to kick it into high gear and get ready to come HOME.

Miss W said...

Such good news, Blue! Hoping to read the post saying Azure is coming home very soon!

Anonymous said...

Here's hoping both shoes stay on and she comes home soon! It is great to hear she is making such good progress.

Jess said...

Wonderful! Three cheers for Azure!

Anonymous said...

no shoes be dropping anytime soon!

Anonymous said...

May she continue to thrive.

I love reading the good news.