Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Update 2/29/2012 #2

Brielle's MRI procedure went well this morning. Discussing results tonight. Mommy is spending all night, and all day Thursday and Sunday to get ready for her to come home! It's going to be a long weekend...but so worth it!

Update 2/29/12

Brielle is having an MRI done this morning...praying that everything goes OK with that. If all goes well, she may be able to come home Monday!

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Homeward Bound :)

We got the news today that we may be going home as early as next week! Yay Brielle!

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Update 2/19/2012

Brielle is doing great. They want to move her to the step down unit within the next few days! Yay!

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Update 2/16/2012

Brielle did well today...they're going to try to start her feeds again tomorrow

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Procedure Update

Brielle's procedure went well and they didn't find anything wrong! Thanks for the prayers!

Baby Milestones

Brielle is gaining more head/neck control. She can lift her head while she's on her belly and look around. It's nice to celebrate her just being a baby.

7 weeks

Update 2/15/2012

Brielle is getting another cardiac catheterization today. The doctors still have some concerns about the function of her heart. Please pray that she does well during this procedure.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

6 week picture

Update 2/09/2012

Brielle is doing fine. Just giving her some time to recover from her NEC episode. It will probably be a little while longer before they try to give her milk again. Other than that she's a happy, peaceful baby right now.

What is NEC?
Necrotising Enterocolitis (NEC) is an inflammation of the bowel (intestines) that may damage the bowel to a variable extent. It usually causes a temporary intolerance of milk feeds. NEC may affect just a small part of the bowel or, on occasions, the whole bowel may be affected.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Update 2/06/2012

Brielle had a little setback with her feeds so they're going to hold off on feeding her milk for a week. Other than that she is doing really well.

Friday, February 3, 2012

Update 2/3/2012

Brielle has been doing well lately. Just working on taking more and more during feedings.