Hearing Test Passed 3/22/13
Melissa
Hattie ate 13 cc of her 1:30 a.m. bottle and slept through her 4:30 feeding. When I arrived this morning at 7:30 a.m. Nurse Kristi was holding Hattie. She'd been crying because she was hungry. I fed her right away and she ate her entire bottle—this baby acts like we never feed her! This was the start to a wonderful day: Hattie ate five full bottles! Hattie's hearing was rechecked today. A nurse came with a fancy rolling computer cart and placed probes on Hattie's shoulder, forehead and neck. She placed sticky earmuffs on Hattie's ears and the test began. Hattie passed on the left ear almost immediately. It took about ten minutes for Hattie's right ear to finish testing but she passed! The nurse was so sweet and shared with me that she was born premature at 28 weeks 20 years ago. She spent four months in the NICU and Dr. Alexander was her doctor. I love all of the miracles I get to see every day around here!
Hattie's vaccine at 1:30 p.m. means no polio for this little girl! She is doing extremely well tolerating her vaccines. Nurse Kristi covered Hattie's eyes while she gave her the shot because she didn't want Hattie to associate her with pain. I think the shot hurt Kristi more than it hurt Hattie...
Hattie and I kangarooed and I think I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the back of the chair. Hattie must've been pretty comfortable too because she slid herself so far down in my shirt that we had to pull her out from the bottom!
It was bath time for sweet Hattie tonight. We're grateful Hattie likes the bath because we've been told a lot of preemies have sensory overload when they get in the water.
Hattie slept through 10:30 p.m. feeding. Her heart rate was in the 120s and we could tell she was very relaxed.
Since Hattie gained a whopping 100 grams yesterday we were thinking it might have been a mistake. It wasn't: she gained again and now our little piggy weighs 2,564 grams or 5 pounds, 10.4 ounces.
