The Big Test!

Another day, another step. Miss Anna had her eye exam today. We were a bit thrown back by this because we've sort of been waiting for this day since she was born and we were not informed in any way that this day was finally here. This eye exam is one of the big steps which test for abnormalities in vision and developmental abilities to name a few. We should get the results of this big test tomorrow so we are anxiously awaiting good news for her!

She is on 16 ml feeds but she is having a bit of trouble as some of the milk, about 3mls comes back up. So the nurse advised us today that she's still getting 16 mL but 3 of those are put in very slowly so that she can digest it easier. There's been some talk about reflux by a couple of nurses but nobody has officially advised us yet that this is what she has. So it could just be nothing or it could be that she just has a bit of reflux which is very common in premature babies.

She also had 2 spells today but they weren't concerned since one of the spells was during the eye exam (which can be very normal for these babies as it's a pretty stressful event) and the other spell was during one of her poos, but apparently it was a BIG one! So when they strain a bit too much then they sometimes have spells. Again, all very normal and doesn't mean that she has tired out from the si-pap in any way. She is still doing incredibly well on the si-pap!

Will update tomorrow on the results of her eye exam!

Here's the little Pumpkin getting ready for her Kangaroo care -- (as you can see it's quite a production just to get these little ones out of their incubators). But apparently from what I read, back up to as short as a few years ago and parents were not allowed to even touch their babies let alone have Kangaroo care with them. So we are extremely lucky to be able to have this time with her:



Marta & Arthur