Paving her own path...

07/21/09

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Continuing her quest to pave her own path in life, Chris and I came into her hospital room this morning to find that she had decided she didn’t need her feeding tube anymore.

Yep… she pulled it out! (This is something the nurses told us happens from time to time). We had asked because she is very good with getting her fingers wrapped around anything she can find.) Guess she thinks she knows better than the doctors and feels it’s not necessary anymore. You can see the tube in her hand (Chris decided we needed an action shot for dramatic effect and put it there) and the one piece of tape still attached to her face that was holding it in place. The nurse has yet to put it back in (YAY!) and the doctor said we can try to do as many feedings as we want without it (nursing/bottle). Seems they’re open to suggestion. Jeez… guess we should have told Calista to try this earlier!

She had another idea today… not only to try to take back her nose, but to escape! That’s right! We brought in our car seat to be approved (they don’t let you leave without it!)… and she decided to hop in to try it out. Ok, not really. They put her in it. But the good news is that she passed her breathing test (sleep in the seat for an hour and have healthy respiration) with flying colors. Baby steps…

Even with these shenanigans, she managed to take all of her "goal feeding" at 9 a.m. (40 ccs) and at noon (45 ccs). Superb!

Now, she’s back in the crib making tweaks to her master plan as she stares me down…

We’re really hopeful Calista will be coming home in the next couple days. She’s been doing extremely well with eating her meals, is gaining weight (she’s now above her birth weight, weighing in at 4 pounds, 12.8 ounces) and hasn’t had any “bumps” since early last week.