10 weeks

Well Hailey is still on cpap. Her lung disease is still hanging around and not really getting any better. They are thinking about giving her another round of steroids to help her lungs, but they want to try some other things before they go that route. At this point they are saying that she will not be coming home at her due date. But hopefully she proves us all wrong and dramatically improves and comes home. Her feedings continue to increase though which is good because she is getting lots of nutrients to help her body and to grow. She is up to 3 lbs 14oz.

9 weeks old

Hailey is currently 3 lbs. 3oz. She will be on cpap until this weekend and then they will put her back on high flow to see how she does. She is maintaining her own temp. and once she is off cpap she will graduate to a crib. Mommy and Daddy have been busy this last weekend putting her crib, rocking chair, and bassinet together. We are anticipating her homecoming and know it will be here soon.

8 weeks old

Well this week has been a roller coaster. Hailey's weight has been fluctuating all week she is currently 2lbs. 12oz. The doctors put her back onto CPAP today. She has been experiencing pulmonary hypertension due to the high oxygen requirement that she needed on high flow. The CPAP has helped her improve since they started her on the machine this morning. Although her oxygen requirement has dropped she is not a happy camper, she has been fussy all day and she has not been able to sleep. I hope that her night primary nurse Laura helps her relax so she can get some rest. It has been very hard to just try to calm her down knowing the fact you can't help or change the situation. We just keep telling our selves that this is suppose to help her lungs and it won't be for long. After a few days of her being on CPAP the doctors will address their next move.

7 weeks old

Oh my goodness we have a chunky monkey on our hands Hailey has grown an astonishing amount. In one week Hailey has gone from 1 lb. 15 oz. to 2 lbs. 7 oz. She is starting to wear her little preemie outfits as you can see in the pictures above. Her oxygen dependency is slowly dissipating and her lungs are slowly improving. They have been slowly increasing her food intake as of today she is getting 1 tsp. of bene-protein every 12 hours, 1 ml. of triglycerides (not sure how often), 28 calories added to her food every feeding of 12.5 ml of breast milk every 2 hours. We have 7 weeks left until her original due date she is going to be home before we know it. We are praying for the continuance of improvement in her lung function and weight gain.