See these baby blues?
They are safe from more laser surgery.
That's right, Millie's eye doctor came for her final exam and says everything looks great!
She can hardly believe it! Thanks everyone for fasting and praying for her sweet little eyes.
Millie is more alert these days. She spends about 3 hours a day just looking around.
And then of course she is all worn out.
What's new with the babe:
- Millie has a new cousin! Nora Dunnam was born on Friday. She beats Millie in size (not by a whole lot just yet) coming in at 7lbs 15 oz, 19 inches. We can't wait for these girls to meet each other.
- Our girl weighs a massive 7 lbs 12 oz, and is 18 inches long. She's doing fine with her weight, but she is running a little on the short side. Have you seen Buck and I? She doesn't have much hope :)
- She is now 42.5 weeks gestation! This means a lot more crying for no reason at all...a big change for us! This girl has been so well behaved that it breaks my heart to hear her cry. On the plus side, crying is good exercise for her paralyzed vocal cord.
- She is still on oxygen, but just barely. We are working (first thing tomorrow) with arranging for her to go home on oxygen. That's not so bad, but arranging for her to fly on an airplane with oxygen is going to be a huge ordeal!
- Yep, you read that right. We're talking about going home! Millie is eating much better these days, so at best we could come home this week! We have tried feeding her whenever/however much she wants in a 12 hour period for the past 4 days. Yesterday and today she "passed" meaning she ate enough to gain weight. Tomorrow (hopefully) we will try feeding her for 24 hours straight! Then she does that another whole day and then we run out of the hospital. That's all of course if she passes. A lot of babies need rest days from being worn out. We want her to enjoy eating and do it at her own pace so we are following her lead.
I hate to count my chickens before they hatch, but I sure hope we are leaving soon!
That is some amazing great news! I am so happy for her beautiful eyes and for you mom and dad! I can't imagine the excitement to know that she can come home soon...Good luck Millie, Mommy, and Daddy. Let you ALL go home soon!
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ReplyDeleteall of that sounds like the best news ever! i am so happy that her eyes are doing so good. I can't wait for you guys to get to take her home. and I can't wait to see some pictures of her and her cousin Nora together! congratulations to all of you! i love you guys!
ReplyDeleteOh my!! She has big eyes and they open wide...I know exactly how that feels. And yes people will tease you your whole life...even your husband. =) I couldn't help but laugh at her opening them up so wide and that hurt my incision!! Nora says hi and she can't wait either. Today we'll try to record her crying and send it to you so she can talk back. She heard you say hi on Grandma Heid's voicemail. Keep working hard...who knew they'd race again---this time to see who comes home from the NICU first!! Go ahead and beat Nora, you deserve it Millie!!!!
ReplyDeleteYay Millie!!! That is fantastic news! She's probably anxious to meet her cousin Nora huh!!!
ReplyDeletebeautiful beautiful! so glad about her eyes and no more surgery! WOOHOO!
ReplyDeleteword of caution, make sure you check out all airline requirements with travelling with o2 and if you have to switch airline carriers each carrier is different! SADLY, we had to deny a passenger because she travelled with o2 and didn't have a doctor's note, and then she said she would put the o2 as luggage and the captain denied her because he didn't want her travelling on his plane just in case she did need it, yet o2 couldn't travel in the cabin. Had she had the proper paperwork everything would have been fine! Just check with your airlines and make sure you have all the paperwork and forms necessary. Happy Travels!