We had a busy morning with appointments and odds-and-ends to take care of. So we didn't get to CHOP until about 2pm today. Annelise had a little present waiting for us when we arrived. Her nurse Meghan had just changed her diaper, and there was poop! Lots of it! :-) Well, mecomium actually....but her intestines are working and we can start the feeding tube soon! YAY! That might explain her scrunched up faces this past week.
Annelise's First Poopy Diaper
The neonatologist came around and said the chest tube had drained about all it was going to drain. So they would be taking it out very soon. It didn't drain as much fluid as they had hoped, so the fluid was most likely not the main reason for the left lung not expanding. They'll be doing more x-rays to see how it's expanding. It may just take time. As with everything at this stage, it's a waiting game.
Her vitals were very good all afternoon. And then....she opened her eyes and was wide awake for about 20 minutes! She hadn't done that in several days, and we attribute it to her not feeling well. She was interacting with us, and of course, Daddy snapped about a million pictures of his precious girl. She's really filling out and looking like the cutie pie we know she is. Mom mom (my mom) was there to see her eyes wide open and we were all so excited!
Tomorrow, Annelise is 2 weeks old!!! Oma (Matt's mom) is going to visit tomorrow morning and then we'll be there again in the afternoon. It feels like a lot longer then only 2 weeks since our angel arrived! It has been the best 2 weeks of our lives....we wouldn't change a thing!
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