Eleanor Update April 3

Eleanor is getting bigger. She put on one ounce from yesterday to today. She was born at 2 lbs 7.7 ounces and her lowest weight got down to 2 lbs 3.5 ounces. She now weighs 2 lbs 5 ounces. There is another baby in the NICU who is 6 lbs. Looking at Eleanor and then this baby is crazy. It's like looking at a sumo wrestler. That other baby is around 3x bigger than Eleanor. I weigh 180 lbs and it would be like me standing next to some one who is 540 lbs. I have not seen a baby who is 8lbs yet but the difference in size is just amazing.


She has also increased her milk from 5 ml every hour for 6 hours to 6 ml every hour for 6 hours. Each day she has increased her milk intake.


The docs really don't have much to say. They just pass by and say she is doing well and we just need to be patient. Each day we just want her to gain a little weight.  She continues to breathe on her own with good oxygen saturation.

Kangaroo

Today it was my turn to kangaroo Eleanor so she spent 12:30-2:00pm hanging out on daddy's chest. She mostly slept. I talked to her about different things and told her about the blog and asked her to check it out if she had time. Right now she is only allowed outside her house during one visitation b/c it takes a lot of energy for her to be outside the house. We need her to conserve her energy so she can grow and eat. Emily and I have noticed that now she is eating more, she is much more relaxed. During our visit tonight she spent the whole time sleeping.

Sleeping with her Sleep Sheep

So Sweet

She is much happier without the oxygen. Right now she has a saturation monitor on her foot, heart rate monitor on her chest, IV in her left hand, and a feeding tube.


-Robert