Day 13

Anna continues to make good progress. David and I drove into Lima this morning together and I spent the day at the hospital while David went to work. Anna went from eating 20 cc in the morning, to 30 cc in the afternoon and then she was put on feeding as much as she wants. As of this evening she was not receiving any IV fluids and taking her bottles very well. She is quite messy but she is usually very alert when she eats. The Nurse Practitioner today sated that she is not sure when she is going to be sent home but it would be “soon”. She told me “you better get ready”. She thought it would probably be late this week. Anna is still having rapid respirations and the Nurse Practitioner compared it to her lungs being bruised. Even though they are mostly healed, sometimes it takes a long time for the wound to completely heal. For the most part she breaths at about 60 respirations per minute but sometimes her respirations are over 100 per minute, especially when she gets excited. Today Anna weighed 5 lbs, 13 oz.

It was difficult for me but I did not go back to the hospital this evening to see Anna. Of course I had to call to see how she was doing. I had to stay home so that I could clean up her room and get some laundry caught up. I also had to get the car seat in the car and get her “going home” clothes ready. Her room is now all cleaned up and her bassinet is ready. Whenever they give us the word, we are ready to bring our little girl home.