Hunkering down in preparation for Irene

Hurricane Irene is fast approaching, and we're at CHOP.  Even though our area (South Jersey) wasn't evacuated, we packed up and left for the night.  Matt & I are going to stay at my sister Denise's house in Philadelphia tonight after we leave CHOP.  The news stations were talking about the bridges possibly being closed, which would make it pretty hard to come see Annelise.  Also, if we lose power I can't pump to bring fresh milk to the baby.  Philadelphia will hopefully not lose power, and if they do, we're close enough to CHOP to drive here and stay bedside.  We were told when we got here that all of the sleep rooms are filled already! 

Oma & Pop came to visit Annelise this morning and while they were here, the doctors removed her oxygen!  She was on such a little amount anyway.  I'm worried about her having Brady's (bradycardia - when her heart rate drops significantly) without oxygen support.  But after talking to her nurse, I feel better.  Annelise's brady's are mostly related to her reflux.  When she starts to reflux, she holds her breath to discourage the food from coming up.  This causes her heart rate to drop momentarily.  Her medical team thinks this will stop as her reflux gets under control.  We're working on that. 

Breastfeeding is going okay.  Bottle feeding is going well.  She seems to like the bottle a lot, probably because it's easy to get food out of it!  Daddy has fed her a few times from the bottle and they are just SO cute together.  I've breastfed her 3 times so far (the 4th time being this afternoon!) and she latches on, but doesn't seem to get much milk.  The Lactation Consultant says that this is a looonngg process and I need to be patient.  I'm trying.  :-)

I'll post pictures of our cutie when I get access to my home computer again.  Pray that it's not gone when we get home tomorrow night!