Feeding Again!

We just got home from visiting Morgan at the NICU. She seems to be recovering well from what was most likely an infection although the culture they took is still negative. They told us it wasn't that unusual for the culture not to show anything despite an actual infection, but they will keep watching it for five days and she will stay on the antibiotics for at least seven days.

Also, the abdominal ultrasound came back completely normal so they have resumed the breast milk feedings she started before she got so sick. She got her third feeding of the day while we were there and so far she is tolerating them without any problems. They were also finally able to weigh her again and she is up to 790 grams or, for those of us with no use for the metric system, about 1 lb 12 oz.

Now that she is doing better we are hoping she begins to make some progress on her oscillator settings. She has been pretty much stuck at her current levels for the last three days and I know Shelly and I would both be thrilled if they are able to start slowly weaning her off of ventilation support again. 

Another highlight of tonight's visit was getting to see her open both eyes with a little more frequency than we have before. She is kept somewhat sedated while she is on the oscillator, so mostly it's been fleeting moments of her squinting through a barely-cracked eyelid. However, tonight she was opening both of them pretty wide and leaving them that way for a while.