Morgan's eyes are developing really well. She has no signs of "plus disease" which is when the blood vessels grow large, twisted, and inflamed. They are growing so well that she is now only getting bi-weekly checks instead of weekly. She is in the clear for any significant vision loss!
She is still struggling with taking a bottle. Her original due date was November 28th and the Dr discussed that when that date passes they would consider a G Button if she wasn't bottle feeding so she could still go home. The estimate on her chart for discharge is the second week of December so she has about a month to conquer bottle feeding before they put that button in. We know a lot can happen in those weeks. Her respiratory rate these past two days has been much better, around 40-70 which means she has a better shot at being physically able to take a bottle. A chest x-ray the other day showed that her right lung had little pockets that collapsed but no one seemed concerned. They kept her on her left side and yesterday her x-ray looked much better and her breathing rate improved also.
We were also told that she would go home on oxygen and a heart monitor. Her oxygen setting on the nasal cannula is at 2 liters and they usually wait to send babies home until they are at a half to one liter. Her lungs are buying her some time to figure out how to bottle feed.
Now that we are looking at roughly a month away, its hard to remember to take one day at a time!
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