Wow, she's doing so well! You must be so happy
Do you have a guess as to when she'll be coming home?

Well hopefully by my Due date which was Feb.28. She could come home early or late. It's really dependant on her. We still have a long ways to go

just caught up on your last load of updates and she certinatly sounds like she is doing well. hopefully it wont be long and youll have her home and u can see her whenever u want xxx

I'm SO glad she's progressing well! Still praying for all of y'all!

What a ikkle darling she is and how great your all doing hunny

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omg, thats fantastic! you must be so so proud! i know how i felt when Kabe came off the CPAP so i feel for you. Thats utterly wonderful, Keep going Angel x x x

Well today was an awesome day!!
Her OG tube is gone now!
And when we took her out for her cuddle and nuzzle she latched on immediately and actually sucked some milk out of me! Everytime I took my nip away she got mad with her mouth wide open wanting more. Then we decided to try her on the bottle while we were at it and it couldn't have gone better. She was taking the milk very well and got very suprised when she realised there was milk coming out of it. Also babies of her age usually forget to breath while they are nursing but she stopped to take breaths. She just did so awesome. She drank from the bottle until she was full..It is definitely different for her since she's been getting fed through a tube and never got to taste her food. NOw she is going to be seriously addicted lol. So we wil start feeding her once a day with the breast/bottle and starting monday or tuesday we will do it twice a day. It really depends on her and how she fares with it. Her feeds are up to 24mm and every 3 hours now instead of 2.
Also She's almost 3lbs! She will be 3 lbs im guessing in 2 days. She's over 1300 grams already I just cant beleive how much weight she's put on. It's amazing. Hopefuly in a week or two she'll be out in an open cot. That would be the next big step. I just can't beleive how far she's come. I am so happy and so proud of her. She's doing awesome

thats fab hun, i really feel how you feel when i read your posts, your proudness and your energy comes through your writng, you have one very spesh little girl there, give her hugs from me and Izzie x

I am sooo happy to hear how well she is doing!!!

So Angel is still doing very well. Today she was too tired for the breast and bottle but she did take 8ml on her own which was very good.
But she has been diagnosed with stage 2 ROP or Retinopathy of Prematurity. Basically she has extra blood vessels growing where they shouldn't be. Theres more to it but I can't remember lol. There's a possiblity of the retina pulling away and causing blindness. Luckly she's low on the scale of 1-5. They are going to keep a close eye on it. If it progresses then they will probably do a laser eye surgery to stop the vessels from growing anymore. So i'm a little bit worried about it. Im hoping though that as she matures it will correct itself.
But other good news Angel should be about 3lbs in a couple more days!!! She's really packing on the weight. She's doing so awesome! I'm very excited for whats to come!