In the Spotlight 1/12/13
Chris
Each morning we call Hattie's nurse to get an update on her night. We were pleased to hear that Hattie would be eating more beginning today. She is up to 3 cc of milk every three hours. Tomorrow, she'll go up to 4 cc, the next day 5 cc and so on. We also learned that Hattie's bilirubin level went back up a bit to a 9 and that meant she would need the light again. We weren't too excited to hear that since it meant we couldn't hold our sweet baby today. Once we arrived at the NICU we were glad to see that at least she wasn't under the big blue light but rather a smaller white spotlight that is built into her bed. The light shines a perfectly round circle of bright white light on her. That's our little Hattie: such a diva in her spotlight!
Hattie had so many visitors today! Everyone has been so kind to bring us food and presents, spend time talking with us and taking time to visit with little miss Hattie. We so appreciate the kindness our dear friends and family have shown us this week. Our house smells like a florist and our fridge has never been so full.
Hattie's ultrasound on her brain will be done overnight tonight, likely around 4 a.m. We won't get the results for another day or so, but please continue to pray the results are completely clear and Hattie has no blood in her brain. The doctor told us that this is a normal scan for all preemie babies born before 32 weeks. Clinically they haven't seen any indication that Hattie has any issues, but the scan is nonetheless on our minds.
Please also pray that Hattie's bilirubin level goes down, she won't have to spend any more time under the spotlight and we can hold our sweet girl again soon!
Today was the first day using our new camera. After a long day of photos Hattie says, "no more paparazzi!"
