Picky Peanut

I'm starting to think that, in addition to the NICU preemie roller coaster ride, Madeleine's "performance" has a lot to do with her budding personality! Some nurses she behaves for, some she doesn't. Some can change her diaper and mess with her and her stats drop, some can do the same and her stats go up. It's very interesting.

She was behaving very well last night...I think she liked the nurses' shoes...they were black and red, looked like a Mary-Jane style. It's shades of things to come...we like the same shoes...so I'm sure one day I'll find all of MY shoes in HER closet....

They've been doing a lot of X-ray's on the Peanut the past day.
They put inert dye in her feeding tube so they can see where it goes and how quickly. So far, it's leaving her stomach, going through the small intestine...slowly...but all her small intestine is on the right side of her body. Her liver is large still from the bleeding she had 3 weeks ago at the start of life, and it seems to be crowding her intestines. Hopefully that will be something that readjusts over time. At this point, I haven't gotten the full report on the dye and we're still waiting for her to poop. Her system is really slow right now, underdeveloped.

This morning I called her nurse for an update. She said that Madeleine was sleeping and didn't mind getting her vitamin A shot...but did not like having her hands and neck cleaned off! Also, she loves to grip the tubes in her mouth and will hold onto an IV ( or my finger )...but she would NOT touch the teddy bear blanket thing. She rips her hand off of it (she knows it's made in China). The tubes have been there her whole life, the nurse said she "doesn't know they're not supposed to be there"...which is nice to think about because the tubes and wires look awfully irritating, at least they were when I had those all over me 3 weeks ago! Madeleine doesn't seem to care though. She'll probably demand a straw with every drink in the future!

Lastly, today Madeleine is 3 weeks old...and weighs 2 lbs. 3.9 oz (some of that is IV and tubing)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEANUT!!!