Millie's Milestones

Day 53 - Look mummy, no lines!

MILLIE unexpectedly managed to pass quite a few milestones today.

She was deemed well enough not to have her blood transfusion after all.

She is no longer on nutrients through the drip and is being fed solely on breast milk.

This follows a thorough review of her health by the consultants.

It came after the drip line which feeds the nutrients into one of her veins blocked.

The medical team tried to get another line into her but they couldn't manage to. Put simply, they ran out of veins.

This prompted a reassessment of Millie's health by the consultants who decided she was well enough to go right back to basics.

They took out all the lines, stopped the antibiotics - which she had virtually finished - and decided to feed her on milk.

In other words, they are treating Millie as a full-term baby (she was due to be born on 25 April).

Mummy and daddy are very pleased.

Only yesterday they were thinking that milk would be the best way forwar once the last line blocked.

At the same time, Millie has been moved out of her incubator and back into a cot.

She is now in the Paddington Bear room - a half-way-house before the medium-dependency Winnie the Pooh room.

This is real progress.

It means Millie recovered well enough to be in the same position she was in before she became poorly on Day 33 (22 March).

She has gained 56 grammes over the past 24 hours and now weighs 2.186kg (4lbs 13oz).

Mummy and daddy left Millie this evening very happy. A few more days like today and it won't be long before she can come home.

posted by Johann @ 8:18 PM