New updates and prayers for Charli shared from Adam.....
"Charli did very well on the eye exam. Her eyes have matured. She won’t need another eye exam until she is 1 year old!
She made good progress in her swallow study. The speech pathologist will recommend that they start giving her partial feeds through the bottle. They’ll be a little more strategic about counting how many times she sucks and then giving her a break. If she does well, they’ll gradually increase her oral feeding part by 5 cc. They’ll also have rice cereal in her milk to thicken it. Lord-willing, this will help her get it into her belly instead of her lungs.
We are still needing her to be able to take her bottles better. WE are wanting her to come home, but there's still no talk of when that might happen. she looks good though."
She is beautiful! We went through the same thing with our preemie(feeding/swallowing issues) that didn't manifest until a few days after we brought him home (he came home 1 month before his original due date-was in NICU 6wks4days). Of course, he ended up back in the hospital for almost 2 weeks until they came up with a feeding plan that worked. All of that to say this: I wish he would have had the problem before we left the NICU. Having to do CPR on him until the EMTs arrived still sends shutters thru my soul and tears to my eyes. It was so scary. He will be 4 this October and you would never know he only weighed 2#9ozs when he was born!
ReplyDeleteI love that you guys are sharing Charli and her progress with 'us'. She is such a beautiful miracle! I just want to kiss those sweet little cheekies!! God's blessings to you all!
continuing to pray for our (not so) little charli. what a precious sight to see her smile. it' won't be long now…
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