Khloe update days 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, and 109...leaps and bounds!!!

It's been a little bit of a wait from the last post, but I think that what I'm about to tell everyone will be worth the wait. First of all, Khloe is getting so big. She is now 7 lbs 5 oz! Unfortunately she is very short for her age and I'm not sure the exact length but I believe she is about 17.5 inches long. She is eating 2 oz (60 mL) of milk and she has been doing very well with her bottles, although not good enough to go home. The bottles are still kind of hit and miss and she has only been awake for about every other bottle and the ones she is awake for, she usually takes most or all of it, but the last few days she has been struggling a little, which is probabaly due to the bad case of Thrush she has developed and I can't say I blame her because I'm sure it's very painful. I'm not sure if I mentioned it on here, but a little over a week ago I beleive, her oxygen was reduced to 1/4 liter on her nasal canula and she did awesome so Monday afternoon they took her off oxygen completely, so she is now officially breathing completely on her own without any respiratory support of any kind!!! She has been doing great and hasn't had any "AB's" and only minor desats when she gets mad or fussy and a few when she eats, but that's normal. Her eyes were the same last week and she will have another eye exam later today (Wednesday), but now that she's off oxygen, her eyes don't need to be better to go home. Now all we are waiting on to go home is for her to eat all her bottles so everyone please cross your fingers and say some prayers because we are more than ready to go home after 109 days in the NBICU. Unfortunately this week she lost three of her four primary nurses which was sad and a big shock to us, though I'm not going to tell the story on here for lack of time. Well that's all for now so check back later. Thanks for all the prayers and love.

Khloe Days 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, and 97...slow but sure!

Well it's been another long wait for this post and here it is. Some of you may have been on edge waiting for more news and unfortunately I don't have too much to report, but what I do have to tell you is pretty exciting, at least most of it is. To start off, Khloe is still getting huge. She's now like a normal baby and weighs just under 6 lbs 7 oz. She is gaining weight like a maniac and it definately shows because she has a double chin, chubby little cheeks, and many little rolls even on the back of her neck. She is eating 53 mL of milk and she has made huge progress with bottlefeeding in a week. They are giving her a bottle about every 3 hours at the time of her cares and she has been doing pretty good, although most of the time it's hit and miss. On Tuesday she ate all, or close to it, of just about every bottle they gave her, but then on Wednesday and today, she has been wore out and hasn't even ate half most of the time, so tonight they are just going to try every other and see if she does a little better. She had another eye appointment on Wednesday. The good news is they haven't gotten worse and are the same and the bad news is they haven't gotten any better and are the same. We are really anxious to go home and for that to happen either her eyes need to get better and she can be sent home on oxygen or she needs to get off oxygen support completely and we can just take to to an eye appointment once a week and she needs to start eating all her bottles. For the last week and a half to two weeks Khloe has been having high blood pressure and they have been somewhat concerned. They weren't sure what has been causing it so they have done some blood tests, which came back negative, and some urine tests to test her kidneys, which were negative as well, so they are still unsure of the cause. Fortunately the last couple days her blood pressure has been lower so for now they are going to keep monitoring her and if it goes back up they will probably start some meds. We are really longing to go home and we are more  than ready because 3 months is more time than we wanted to have Khloe in the hospital and live in a camp trailer and unfortunately they are projecting another 2 or 3 or 4 weeks before we can take her home. This whole ordeal has been quite and experience and they really can do amazing things with babies born so young. That's it for now so check back later. Thanks for all the love and prayers.

Khloe Days 87, 88, and 89...firsts and milestones!

Well the last few days have been somewhat exciting. Khloe has been doing great and has made a lot of progress. First of all, she is getting huge. She's about 5 lbs 13 oz and she's now getting 50 mL of milk. We have, for now, given up on trying to breastfeed and been sticking to bottlefeeding, but that's probable just until Khloe is out of the hospital and we'll probably do both once she's home. She is doing so good on the bottle. Monday and Tuesday she ate about 75% of at least one of the two bottles each day and Today (Wednesday) she ate her whole bottle (50 mL). That is great considering they increased her milk to 50 mL today. She is really coming along and I hope this means that we only have a few more weeks before she's home because 3 months is more time in the hospital than we would have liked and we're more than ready to leave. Her eye appintment today was the same as last week, Stage 2 Zone 2. It's good that her eyes haven't gotten worse, but it's also frusterating that they aren't getting any better. Shelbie gave her another bath today and Khloe pooped in the tub for the first time! I wish I was there because according to how Shelbie told me about it, it was pretty comical. That's it for now, so check back later. Thanks for all the love and prayers.