Kevin and I returned from our cruise to some awesome news...IF all goes well throughout the night, Savannah will be released from the hospital on Monday afternoon!!!
While Kevin and I were gone...
Savannah had a very eventful week!
She continued to do well with her feedings. She quickly went from 3 to 4 oral feedings per day. Oh man, talk about a belcher...she will give any adult man a run for his money on that one!!! She also HATED her feeding tube. The nurses planned to take it out this morning...if all went well Saturday night. However, Savannah had other thoughts and plans...she pulled it out Saturday night...so they just left it out. She probably successfully pulled it out at least 15 times during her 4 week stay, but...attempted far more!
A blood test found that Savannah was anemic, so doctors raised the amount of iron she was receiving. Well, this proved bad when her body recovered and produced the proper amount of iron, but the supplements were not discontinued. She has been suffering for the past few days with irritation, constipation, and stomach cramps. It is SO sad. She curls her little legs up and just cries. Nicole and Mom have found that if they curl her legs up, place a warm pad on her belly, and wrap her tight it seems to relieve just a little of the pain.
Savannah was tongue-tied. Nicole finally asked the doctor about it today. They said that it probably helped her learn to nurse because it held her tongue down, where most premies keep it on the roof of their mouths. However, now that she is nursing, it could cause problems with time and amount of the feedings because tongue-tied babies struggle to suck. The doctor said he would take care of it (which is new in the past 5-6 years. The doctors didn't used to do it. Nicole was tongue-tied when she was born and had to wait a few years to have an ortho doctor cut it.) Nicole said that Savannah didn't seem too bothered by the procedure...besides the fact that the doctor had his hand in her mouth.
The doctor also told Nicole that the bump on Savannah's head has calcified. Basically that means that it will not go away, but he said that she will grow into it. The bump will not grow as she grows, so it is no big deal. Plus, it is far smaller than it was!
They said that Thursday was the ultimate turning point for Savannah as she suddenly began telling them when she wanted what...feeding, attention, etc. She definitely knows what she wants and she wants it...NOW...or five minutes ago!!!
Hopefully things will go well tonight and Nicole will be bringing her home tomorrow!!!
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