Monday, April 13, 2009

Getting bigger

Height - 13 3/4"
Weight - 2 lbs. 6.7 oz.
Age - will be 1 month on Wednesday, roughly 29 weeks gestational

The Punkin is such a HUGE girl now. At birth, she was 11" long and weighed 1 lb. 11 oz. I'm not sure what her head size was when she was born, but it's 9 1/2" now. She is still tolerating her feeds and they may increase them tomorrow since she has pooped twice now. The system is starting to function. They brought her nitric oxide down from 10 to 5...(she started at 20 ppm) and so far she's doing fine with that. I have to keep reminding myself that even though she's doing great...we've still got that "long road" ahead of us and she IS still in the intensive care unit. Eye exams will start in a few weeks

Peanut is as feisty as ever...she loves to sleep with her arms raised above her head which causes her not to oxygenate well. You can tuck her little hands in and she yanks them out and up over the head they go! I think this is genetic since both her mom and g-marms sleep like that! Silly Punkin. I'm going to have to buy her hard, plastic toys to hug on when she's older since her plastic vent tubes are her best friends right now...she's always "holding hands" with them!

In other news...
(Grandpa Brenner with Madeleine's mom painted like a clown by Madeleine's mom's mom!)

Madeleine's grandpa Brenner would have been 68 today. Happy Birthday G-pa, rest in peace. We're going to celebrate today with homemade stuffed squash made by our friend Miss Shab2 and some slices of cake purchased with "milk money" from the hospital's cafeteria!

1 comment:

  1. So thankful that Maleleine is getting stronger! I love the picture of you and your dad, Kim! You may recall that my dad never met Sam & Alex (he died when Sam was 10 weeks old), but I tell them about him and have pictures up in the house. I'm sure Madeleine will enjoy hearing the funny stories about her Grandpa Brenner :)!!! Your dad would be so proud of you and happy for you right now with such a wonderful husband and beautiful daughter!
    Love, Tiff and family

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