Update!

Hey Everyone!  Sorry it's been a few days, but Peyton is doing great!  So last time I blogged Peyton had come off of the ventilator.  Sunday, they began feeding her milk!  This is a process because sometimes these kidos can have some bad acid reflux.  They have been giving her continous feeds through a feeding tube that goes down to her intestine.  She has been doing great with this and they continue to increase her feeds.  Now, the real test will come probably sometime next week when they pull back to her stomach.  We will be able to see how this reflux issue actually is.  In the meantime, we have also been working with Peyton with the occupational and speech therapists on the taste and smell of milk by giving her little drops on her hands and pacy.  She is doing well with this too!  I think she likes actually getting something out of sucking on her pacy!  I don't blame her!  Also, they have stopped her nitric...this was for her hypertension, and she is just on a by mouth medicine.  Her echo will be tomorrow to see if her hypertension has improved more.  She just has the oxygen through her nose right now, but will probably not need it much longer!  Hopefully this will be gone tomorrow too!  She is just a little rockstar!  She says she is ready to get her little booty home!  She's ready to see her house!  We are also now on the list for the "B - pod."  These are like private rooms that are like a transition to home kind of room.  There are still nurses back there, but it's more homey.  There is a tv and chair that pulls out to a bed, and a private bathroom.  So excited!  And speaking of excited, we were so excited when Peyton was just smiling and looking all around today.  She was just so happy today.  It was so sweet...Allen was on one side of her crib and just looked down at her, and she kind of did this little shy smile.  She put her head down and just grinned!  It was so sweet!  Goodness, I hope I'm not leaving anything out...a lot has happened in a week, if I did leave something out, I will be sure to update everyone again sooner!  Oh yeah, and I have my 6-week follow up appointment for me tomorrow...hope all goes well!  Miss everyone back home!  Love Yall!