Hope's 6th Day

Today was a great day for Hope! She is making progress and moving in the right direction. She is no longer under the light, as her bilerubin level has come down and her coloring looks so much better. The amount of food that she is receiving has also increased to 7ml's an hour. She is continuing to work on digesting her food and received another suppository today in order to help her have some bowel movements. Hope is also maintaining her temperature on her own. As a result, they are slowly decreasing the temperature in her isolette a degree at a time until it matches the room temperature. If Hope continues to maintain her temperature as they do this, she may be moved into an open bassinette or crib within a few days. The only setback today was the fact that Hope lost a little bit of weight.

We were encouraged today as we met with Hope's doctors because they were able to give us a glimpse of what things would look like for Hope in the near future. We continue to be impressed with the expertise of the doctors and nurses that are caring for Hope. It is hard when we have to leave the hospital each day, but we have every confidence that our daughter is in the best of hands.

Thank you to all of you for your thoughts and prayers. They are all appreciated!!!