Cute Pix - Mila Having a Rough Day

Here is Miss Mila in her cute little (not so little for her) Christmas dress.

And here is Miss Sophia in her Christmas dress.

Of course these aren't the actual portraits, just a couple of behind the scenes candids. These are the smallest dresses available, but huge on the girls.

Poor Mila had a bit of a rough day today. Her day nurse noticed a significant amount of bood in her stool today. The biggest concern would be a serious problem called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). She had some x-rays and blood-work and it looks like that's not the problem. She has a follow-up x-ray in the morning.

The neonatologist's opinion is it's probably a reaction to something in her feeds. She gets mostly breast-milk, but they do mix some other stuff in. For now they have stopped her feeds, which means that she's back on the IV. If she does well they will start her back on just breast-milk. If she has a problem with that they can try modifying Myra's diet or giving Mila predigested formula.

Mila's on antibiotics again tonight just as a precaution because it can take 2 days for all of her blood cultures to come back.

Apart from that, she appears really healthy and is in good spirits. She broke 5 pounds today!

Sophia is still doing well, although she had a low hematocrit level. This makes her heart rate a bit fast, but they aren't worried about it yet. I bottle-fed her today and she took about 2o CCs - which is great. She tends to be our little rude girl, and tonight during an exam tooted right in mommy's face, and then right in the nurses face.