May 14, 2007
Feedings increased to 3 ml of Pregestimil per hour through G-tube. Nora’s direct Bilirubin is 2.7. She is started on 50mg of
May 13, 2007
Nora is fed 2 ml/hr of Pregestimil formula, a formula specially designed for babies with absorption problems, through her G-tu
May 12, 2007
The lack of feedings has caused Nora to become very uncomfortable and upset. The TPN gives her the nutrients she needs intrave
May 11, 2007
Nora is taken off oral feedings completely and put back on TPN.
May 10, 2007
Continued nursing with on demand feedings. Today was a bad day for Nora. She had a lot of tummy aches and began “dumping”.
May 9, 2007
Nora is now nursing on demand and eating until her tummy is full just like any other baby. 🙂
May 8, 2007
Continued nursing in small amounts along with the 20 ml bottles of breast milk. Nora is doing so well the doctors take her off
Nora Update Email #4
Hello Everyone! I am sorry I have not sent out a Nora update but Sarah ended up with an infection in her incision on Friday an
May 7, 2007
Increased breast milk feedings to 20 ml every 3 hours and lowered TPN. Nora is tolerating the breast milk so well the doctors
May 6, 2007
Increased Nora’s breast milk feedings to 15 ml every 3 hours and decreased the TPN.
May 5, 2007
Increased Nora’s breast milk feedings to 10 ml every 4 hours.
May 4, 2007
Since Nora tolerated the Pedealite so well today she started breast milk feedings, 5 ml every 4 hours.
Nora Update Email #3
Well Nora did great with her Pedialyte yesterday and is now moving on to breast milk this morning! It will take a bit of time
May 3, 2007
Until today Nora has not eaten anything orally nor had anything go through her stomach and intestines. Today she was fed 5 ml
Nora Update Email #2
Hey Everyone! I wanted to give everyone an update on our little miracle Nora. They decided to do the tests last night instead