Update...

Avery update...

She is 10 days old now. A few days ago she weighed 3 lbs 9 ozs, but then she lost a little. I'm hoping tomorrow she'll have gained a little back. She was off the bili lights for two days then on again for two days...right now she's off them again. I like it better when she's off the lights because the nurses will let me hold her as long as I want to. She's been "tiring out" on her feedings a little so we're trying not to push her so much and we're watching her queues when she's ready to eat and when she's too tired and needs it in her tube instead.

Yesterday morning I got a phone call from the NICU telling me that they needed to move Avery to their sister hospital across town. They needed to move her because the NICU at Siena (where she was at) is a level 3 NICU and they were way over capacity and needed a baby to move to the level 2 NICU at San Martin. Here is a VERY small, blurry cell phone picture of her being loaded up and moved out. She rode in an ambulance with a NICU nurse and a respiratory therapist.



I was really bummed about them moving her at first because it is quite a bit farther away from our house, but now that I've spent a couple of days there with her, I'm glad they moved her and I really think she'll thrive in the nice quiet nursery that has 5 other "eaters and growers" just like her. She is currently in a room with two sets of twins...she probably feels sad and lonely that everyone else gets a roommate in bed with them and she has to sleep all alone :)



Today was a really good day for her. She took all of her feedings just fine and didn't tire out once. She is such a little tiny sweet thing and I can't wait until we can bring her home with us.

I also wanted to send a public "shout-out" thank you to Diane for spending the week with us and getting kids home from school, doing laundry, organizing the baby room and hanging decor on the wall above the crib. It looks so sweet and we all love it! Thanks again Diane...YOU REALLY ARE GREAT! :)