GI appointment

Waverly saw the GI doc last week. The big news from the appointment is that she is now 9lb 9.6oz! She is a growing girl! You can see it in her thighs! :) Everything looked good. They cleared her to go on regular sensitive formula instead of the special formula for preemies. Of course, she is getting donor breastmilk primarily that is fortified with formula to increase the calories. We are SO thankful that she has continued to be able to get mostly breastmilk from a dear friend, as we know that it's best for her. (I used the last of my own that I had frozen about a month ago.) We hope to continue her on breastmilk for as long as we are able to get some. They were encouraged by her growth and her suck reflex (the girl LOVES her paci!), and the doctor said he is very hopeful for her swallow study next month that she'll do well and be able to take some food orally! That would be fun! Of course, she'll always have her feeding tube and take most of her nutrition through that, and if she is able to swallow without aspirating, then we can feed her by mouth for fun some as well. In the meantime, we are able to do more frequent paci dips to give her practice having a little liquid in her mouth.

We are on schedule for her to get her PEG replaced with a MIC-KEY button on Friday morning. We are SO excited! We've heard from so many how much nicer the button is, and we can't wait not to have a tube hanging out of her! Surgery is at 9:00a.m., and she will be under general anesthesia, but the procedure itself is pretty quick. Please pray for her at that time!