Medical Update: 5 days old
Aug 07, 2011
Sweet Pea is no longer a little glow worm!
She is TOTALLY light free!
Her bilirubin levels were at 9 this morning!
Because Sweet Pea is now light free, I was able to dress her for the first time!
I put her in her “little sister” onesie.
When we arrived at the hospital this morning, Sweet Pea’s nurse told us she had been “fussy”. I took Sweet Pea from the nurse and she settled down immediately and went to sleep in my arms.
The nurse told me they have continued to give her the Enfamil Newborn formula because she seems to prefer that.
I just smiled and said, “Okay.” 
I gave her the 11am feed and then Sweet Pea had some Daddy time!
<p align="center">She spit up a little bit in Daddy’s hand. Daddy didn’t mind (too much, hehe!).</p> <p align="center">Sweet Pea stayed awake looking around in her Daddy’s arms for about half an hour. Then she started to fuss a little so we gave her a good swaddle and laid her down and she went to sleep.</p> <p align="center"><a href="/1DB25B0C4C9C4FF725BBC44D009EECCD22E13F05/images/2011/08/DSCN0547.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSCN0547" border="0" alt="DSCN0547" src="/1DB25B0C4C9C4FF725BBC44D009EECCD22E13F05/images/2011/08/DSCN0547_thumb.jpg" width="427" height="253" /></a></p> <p align="center">We left her peacefully sleeping to go grab a bite to eat.</p> <p align="center">Sweet Pea is doing remarkably well.</p> <p align="center">This baby girl has been prayed for while in the womb and the prayers haven’t stopped since her birth on August 2nd.</p> <p align="center">Her bilirubin levels have continuously decreased over the past five days and she is showing minimal (if any!) withdrawal symptoms.</p> <p align="center">Sweet Pea has been morphine free since 5pm yesterday.</p> <p align="center">She is being closely watched today to see if any withdrawal symptoms show up.</p> <p align="center">Keep praying for our Sweet Pea. </p> <p align="center">God just keeps doing miracle after miracle with this sweet baby girl!</p>
- Elaine