Kali's Weekend

Kali had a great weekend. She is doing great! The blood work that they do to evaluate her jaundice is coming down slowly, but it's getting there! Her blood work for her kidneys is much much better! Her head is doing great! She is gaining weight! And they have increased her feeding amount!
Her feedings are now about a teaspoon every 3 hours (before she was getting a total of a teaspoon a day). She looks noticeably bigger and when I held her today I could feel the difference in her weight. She has now gained a full pound since birth. She is 3 pounds 12 ounces!
The other night at around 2am she pulled her breathing tube out. Apparently this happens with these little ones from time to time. They had to put the tube back in though because she is not quite ready for it to be out. It wasn't the best case to evaluate how she would do on her own but she was in too much distress to just wait and see. After they put a new one in she recovered very well. She will be on the ventilator for awhile longer than they thought because the doctors feel that she has a "floppy" traceha. So it closes on itself after she breathes in air and the air gets trapped. This will get better as she grows.
There is not much else to report from this weekend. We are so happy that she is doing well. Right now we have to just wait and see how she does and that will guide them in the direction they will need to take with her heart.

Keep her in your prayers!