Day 38 - We have a 4lb baby!
MILLIE has been moved into an enclosed incubator and is no longer in an open tray.
This is progress, although she has been so poorly that it is hard to believe.
The Special Care Baby Unit is full - it has been closed to arrivals twice in the past three days.
Mummy and daddy are concerned that so many people coming and going could bring in a new infection that could cause Millie to relapse.
But the green bile that the nurses have been taking out of Millie's stomach is now clear in colour - another sign she is recovering.
She has also put on another 24 grammes, taking her weight to 1.822kg.This is a real milestone, because it means Millie now weighs just over 4lbs.
It looks like daddy over-estimated the weight of Millie's tubes and lines yesterday because most of them were removed today before she went on the scales.
The doctors have confirmed, however, that she will not be fed any milk for 14 days, receiving nutrients through the long-line instead.
Mummy and daddy forgot to ask whether this was 14 days from today, or 14 days since she became poorly.
Today's photo of Millie was taken with daddy's mobile phone, because he went to the hospital this afternoon without the camera.
This explains its poor quality. Normal service will be resumed tomorrow.
It was meant to be an extra visit before daddy visited again in the evening.
But he stayed on before taking mummy on a hot date shopping at Asda.
This was the first time they had been out anywhere in the evening together for longer than an hour since mid-January.
posted by Johann @ 11:35 PM
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