Millie's Milestones

Day 48 - Millie's medical

THE doctors have given Millie another medical, which she passed with flying colours.

They still haven't fed her any milk but wanted to check everything was right before doing so.

The main reason for not feeding her milk has been because Millie is still returning a little bit of bile when they aspirate her.

This is the process by which the nurses use a syringe to suck out anything that might be in her tummy through the feeding tube.

Millie has also been rather pale, a little puffy and sleepy.

But all the test results which came back were normal, so the doctors might start feeding her on Friday (7 April).

However, they have been saying they "expect to feed her tomorrow" for days, so it remains to be seen when it finally happens.

The other big news is that Millie has completed the triple course of antibiotics for her bowel infection.

She now has just one course of antibiotics to complete, for her blood infection. This course will finish next Friday (14 April).

Her weight continues to increase, as she is being fed through the tube into her nose.

On Wednesday (5 April), she put on 25 grammes.

She put on a further 79 grammes today (Thursday), although some of this is likely to be the fluid retention which has made her a little puffy.

However, her overall weight is now 2.104kg - or 4lbs 10 ounces.

posted by Johann @ 11:20 PM