Thursday

There continue to be ups and downs with Mia. This morning the doctors told me that they were happy to send her home tomorrow (Friday) morning. She was doing well enough that they thought she was ready. But by this evening, it looks like our going home will be postponed a bit longer. This afternoon she wasn't tolerating the half formula, half breast milk. She had a lot more stool output, which means she wasn't processing the food, it was just going through her. And since I'm not making enough breast milk, the doctors are going to try her on a gentler formula tonight. It is more like breast milk and it is easier to digest with sensitive stomachs. She took her first feed of the new formula at 8pm and I was encouraged by how similar it looks to breast milk. She did well with the feed, so we'll see how she does tonight and tomorrow on this new formula. So pray that this formula sits well with her stomach and she is able to digest it and get all the nutrients out of it. She also had a bit of a fever this morning, so she got some more Tylenol...I think it was related to her vaccinations yesterday. She was rather lethargic all afternoon, however, this evening after her feeding she was very alert and checking everything out. So, hopefully, she'll be back to her normal self tomorrow and have adjusted to the new formula/breast milk mixture.