Good Day

Eliza was back to her normal wide awake and curious self when I walked into the TCN this morning. Her speech therapist was holding her after feeding her and was excited to tell me just how well Eliza did at her bottle. We have been having some trouble getting her to eat without bradying and, lately, being interested at all (who can blame her?). She had sucked down 28 mL with no trouble and her therapist didnt have to give her much chin and cheek support either (she normally needs this to have an effective suck). Yay Eliza!

Not only was she wide awake and eating well, her nurse* had her dressed up in one of her cute outfits her auntie bought her and one of her gigantic hair bows I found on Etsy. Eliza and her BFF Claire had to have their pictures taken together again! Claire's mom** is much better at getting pics posted in a reasonable time frame so you can check out the photo on their blog if you want. :)

The attending physician is very impressed with Eliza's immune system. She did a heck of job trying to fight it off even before getting some antibiotic help. He said that a lot of times preemies will get cold when they are infected cause their body doesnt know how to fight it off but hers went into action and did what it should. She's always been the little fighter. We are still waiting on the results from the blood culture to find out exactly what bacteria this is and they are also going to do one more culture. They are pulling this one from her PICC line. If her PICC (central IV line) is infected then they will have to take it out, so we are hoping for this not to be the case!

They also have started to wean her hydrocortisone (steroid) today. This is the first attempt in months. Previously she has been completely intolerant of weans and gets really sick. She is much bigger now and we are all hoping that she can handle the wean. She can't go home on the high does she is on so this is one big step on the road to home.

Eliza may have something kind of fishy going on with her hormones so Endocrinology and Urology are going to be keeping a close eye on her as well. The girl likes lots of attention and to keep everyone on their toes. Maybe that's not such a bad way to be. :)

Until later!


*Her nurse today also took the time to completely scrub down the area and floor in Eliza's section, put up a few decorative accents and changed the linens on her bed. We always appreciate it so much when you can tell the nurses really care for Eliza and make such an effort! Thank you!

**I've really enjoyed having Claire and her mom in our room the last several days. It makes such a difference to have someone to talk to and to share a knowing glance with. We will miss them much when they change rooms!