You all can just go ahead and start calling Elise "Chunky Monkey!" Today she weighs 12 lb 11 oz!! She's on quite a roll...gaining a couple of ounces each day...and speaking of "rolls," she appears to have developed her very first fat rolls on her thighs! Yay!! She's doing SO well with her feeds every day. She's eating about 18 oz of formula via bottle during the day (27 cal/oz Pregestimil +3 cal/oz Polycose + MCT oil), then she is getting 12 oz of that same formula mix overnight via NG tube! And today, I fed her some sweet potatoes on top of her regular diet....well, actually, it was a sweet potato casserole of sorts...including sweet potato baby food mixed with Polycose powder, Agave syrup, and butter. I think David was almost jealous....it probably reminded him of the carrot soufflé at Picadilly....LOL!!
Anyway...I have other good news to report from "Liverland." This has been quite an exciting week!! Three of our little "liver friends" who have been listed for transplant for a while now received their brand new livers! Little Laila, Shelby, and Emmalyn all had successful liver transplants this week and are recovering very well. SUCH wonderful news!! Of course, none of this would have been possible without three families making the choice to donate life....to donate the organs of their loved ones who passed away. My thoughts and prayers go out to those families.
And all of this is actually happening in a special month-- April is "Donate Life" month!! If you would like to be an organ donor and have not already documented your wishes, please take a moment to follow the link below and register to become an organ donor.....you will be literally saving the lives of others just like Elise.
Woo Hoo! 12 lb 11 oz.....packing on the pounds!!
YAY for me!!!!
Happy girl!!
First time in the jumper today!!
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