Update

Chesney did not like the flash that went off on the camera! She has some of the funniest expressions and loves to smile!

Well after the baby shower yesterday we headed back down to Ogden and went to see little one! When we got there they had put the oxygen back on her. It was still only at room air but she needed a little extra whiff they said. I guess she had been desating quite a bit, so they were just gonna let her sit with some oxygen on. Well this broke my heart which most things do these days. She is just starting to eat well and gain some weight and then her breathing has to go bad. We went in this morning and Matt held her and she is still desating pretty bad, they have her up to 50% oygen, which makes me feel better but she was still having her issues. They say she is being a bad girl :) The doctor ran a bunch of blood work on her and they say everything looks great, so they atleast know that her body is not trying to fight off an infection or something. A couple of nurses say that her body is working hard on digesting and gaining weight that is why she is struggling in the breathing area. It breaks my heart to know that my little angel has to struggle in anyway, it is so not fair for her to have to go through all of this. I am trying to be strong and keep it together but it is getting harder and harder. We have decided that we are not gonna go back in and see her tonight and let her just try to rest, Matt headed back home. I can not wait for the day that we get to take her home and get settled in. I know it is wearing on everyone. My mom, bless her heart has been with us from day one and she is staying in Ogden with me, and I know how hard it is to be away from home. I will never be able to thank her!!

One good note is that they have changed her feedings from a constant drip to 17cc an hour for two hours then she gets an hour of rest. They are working her up to the usual feeding process which is every three hours. Hopefully that hour of rest her body gets from trying to digest will help with the breathing problems. Last night she weighed 1420 grams, 3.2 pounds almost back to her birth weight, so she is gaining!! Keep praying for our little angel that she will continue to grow and progress!!

Baby Shower

Thanks to everyone who came and helped out at the shower!! It was tons of fun, and Chesney is going to be one very stylish little girl with all the cute, cute clothes and things she got!! It was fun knowing that she is a little girl and all the girl things she got. Matt said it is all overwhelming pink!! When we get more time to set up the rest of her nursery I will put up more pics! Again thank you to all of you!!

Cute little bow

Like mother like daughter

Snug as a bug in a rug, they say it is good for digestion if she is on her tummy or on her right side. That is a preemie diaper goes almost all the way up her tiny back!

So when we called to check on Chesney this morning they said she was OK! What does OK mean. Well when they measured her tummy is was distended and she had some residual from her feeding come back up. All we could think was oh no here we go again, we have been praying that she would continue to do good on her feedings and then this. Well yesterday they upped her strength on her formula to three quarters. Well I guess that made her pretty gassy and therefore the bloating of her belly. Luckily she has great nurses and doctors that are very cautious and took an x-ray to make sure it was nothing more. They gave her a suppository and after that did it's business she was much better. That made us feel alot better but it was a pretty worriesome morning, nothing new there tho!! So for those of you that know me know that my daughter has inherited all her bad things from her mom, bad veins, gas......we will see what else comes along :) Her daddy came down to see her this morning because it is just too hard to go even one day with out seeing her cute face and she needed him to make her feel better which he did. Last night when I held her she had a couple desating problems(that is when her blood oxygen level goes low because she is not breathing) but today when daddy had her she did great!! I have a feeling those two are going to be unseperable. And Matt said he never wanted a girl!! Of course that was before he got one!!

Just a couple pics! Just can't get over how cute she is and all that hair!! She sucked on her binkie alot today and loved it!!

Momma's little snuggle bug

I love to hold her like this and feel her so close to me, and the nurse said it is better for her!! Look how tiny she is, I still can't fathom but we are getting more used to it, we get to change her bum often, she even pooped on her daddy while he was changing her. And he said he would never change a dirty diaper. He is already wrapped around her finger. Aren't we all:)

She was so content and her oxygen was so good while I was holding her. It made me feel so much better, but of course it was so hard to put her back. I just tell my self the more sleep she gets the sooner she will get to come home and I can hold her all the time!! Every time we leave the NICU I always have a feeling I am leaving part of me behind. Soon we will all be together!

Daddy's finger trying to so just how small our little one is. She had a really good day! So far so good on the feedings. They are just gonna continue to do a slow drip of food in her feeding tube and see how she tolerates it. They continued her caffeine today by mouth, hopefully that doesn't upset her tummy either. She seems to be doing great and that makes us happy, but of course there is always the worry in the back of our minds!! Hopefully she just keeps doing good with the food and will start gaining weight. They are feeding her Enfamil Pregestmil that is hypoallergenic and lactose free, so if she does have her daddy's allergies she should do good on this.

Daddy's little girl

Chesney loves her daddy!!

She smiles alot, it is the cutest thing ever.

As soon as her tummy is better I know she is gonna be a good eater. She is always sucking on her finger or the feeding tubein her mouth.

Daddy loves her so much!!

Chesney is still doing good!! They are actually gonna start her feedings today. It wont be very much very fast but atleast it is a start. We just pray that she does good! She weighs 2lbs 15 oz, almost three pounds hopefully she puts on a couple more pounds quick!!!