November 2, 2009

November 4, 2009 mommytoabpluskb

We had a fantastic Halloween. On Friday, Alex had her school Halloween parade and she wore her Thing 1 costume with her sister’s picture around her neck, but she was really hot. So luckily she loved the pink and black leopard costume that Aunt Tara sent and wore that the rest of the time. We went to the local not so scary haunted house and she had a blast. The day before we brought her to McDonalds and she bumped into her friend from school and she got her wrist painted and got to eat junk food. Then Saturday night we went to Anthony and Jessica’s fantastic Halloween party and trick or treating and everyone had a blast!

Kiran had a rough past couple of days. She became very frustrated and irritated and had more spitting up episodes. So they took her off of the Reglan for 24 hours and then put her on another stomach medicine called Prevacid in addition to the Zantac. She seemed to have a better, calmer day.

They moved her to the end of the NICU, right next to the Exit sign. I figure that’s a sign it’s getting close to her time to come home!

We all took the crash course in CPR in the hospital, and we’ll be taking the regular course at our local hospital this week. Kiran passed her carseat test and was able to sit in the seat for over an hour without any apnea episodes. We filled her prescriptions and I learned how to give her everything by syringe.

Now all we are waiting for is the apnea monitor to be ordered since last week. Once it comes, we will learn how to use it. Then Kiran has to keep it on for 24 hours and make sure it works properly. Then she can come home.

She is still very long and skinny at 18 1/2 inches and 4 pounds 12 ounces. She lost an ounce this week, so the doctors have the nurses mixing the formula in a way to make it thicker and more calories. So, hopefully that will help her gain some weight. She still fits best in some preemie clothes the hospital puts her in. Most of the newborn outfits I put on her are pretty big, but I figure she’ll eventually grow into them.

Every day Alex asks me if Kiran is coming home today. I can’t wait to give her the answer of YES!

This morning Parag and I went to WIC (Women, Infant, Children program) so they can cover the formula and we were happy to find out that we can actually pick it up right there in the office every month. They are also letting us have some basic foods like milk, cheese, eggs, vegetables since I’m still considered post partum and I told them we basically eat on the run during the day running back and forth to the NICU and trying to take care of Alex. I hope once we can stop running back and forth to see Kiran in the NICU, that we can start eating healthier and have better meals. I only have energy most weeks to cook one or two meals a week. But I do make sure Alex always has a healthy lunch. Luckily she loves vegetables and asks me if I don’t give her a vegetable what happened to it. I guess I taught her right!

November 3, 2009

We had a great visit today. She seemed to be feeling much better and really looked good. They added a new medicine to her zantac called prevacid and it really seems to be helping her reflux. Kiran didn’t have any major spit today. So I’m hoping with the thicker formula and the new medicine, she can start putting some weight on. She is getting much aware and she cries often now during the day. If it’s not eating time and she’s up, she wants attention, she wants to be held.

We are still waiting for the apnea monitor company to call us so that we can meet them at the hospital and learn how to use the machine. And then they will try out the machine on Kiran for a full 24 hours to make sure it works properly, and then we get to take her home! So we are just waiting for that call.

Alexa met a nice friend in the NICU waiting room. Her name is Alexandra and has black hair just like her and they’ve spent a lot of time together unfortunately in that waiting room. We pray that both their waiting times are coming to an end really soon. Alexandra’s brother is now just over 5 pounds and was born at 24 weeks!

I pray that the next updated blog I send you is the one that says she is coming home!

Here are the Halloween pictures and then I added a few recent ones from today.  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=42085

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• 1. mommytoabpluskb  |  November 4, 2009 at 4:22 am

  Alex and her friend are both playing on their parents’ Iphones. I thought that was hilarious!

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