Eleven Weeks Old!

Yesterday marked Kelsey's eleven week birthday!! She is doing great, now 6 lb 10 oz. The eye doctor saw her yesterday (she has eye exams every Monday) and decided to do laser surgery on her eyes because of Retinopathy of Prematurity. This ROP occurs in preemie babies and the procedure is fairly routine. The doctor performed the surgery at 4 yesterday. Kelsey had to be put to sleep and back on the ventilator. The surgery took about an hour and was successful, her eys will be checked next Monday morning and we will know more then.

She fought the intubation so they had to sedate her twice!! She was completely doped up but it didn't take her long to start moving around. She was wide awake during her bath and able to be taken off the vent during the night. She is now back on her low flow nasal cannula on the settings she was on prior to surgery yesterday.

When I visited this morning this was awake and sucking her pacifier, poor baby hasn't had a bottle since Monday morning at 9! She will get 1/2 bottle now and then hopefully a full bottle this afternoon. For the time she is in an isolette because of the surgery but should be back in her little bed in her "room" by tonight.

When Jason and I went to see her prior to surgery she looked huge! Just like a newborn! She is 39 weeks gestation this week! She is growing like a weed, the nurse practitioner actually said, "weight really isn't our concern anymore!"........thank you God for our sweet baby girl!
Before surgery.Immediately after....After bath.....relaxed Completely tucked in.....