12.30.10

She is feeling better, that's for sure. Now, she yells at the nurses because she's hungry! I guess that's what happens when you have to get taken off of feedings for a few days. They have worked her back up to almost full feedings. She's back up to 25 cc's, and as long as she can tolerate it, they will continue to increase it to 32 cc's.
As for her infection - we still don't know anything. None of the cultures grew anything, although the spinal culture from the lumbar puncture still has several days. The doctors are pretty sure it is just a virus, but they are still going to give her the full course of antibiotics (7-10 days), so hopefully, she will be off them by the end of the weekend. But, unfortunately, her iv in her foot went bad, so it's back in her scalp. UGH!! So, I won't be taking any pictures of her in her crib, since I don't want documented proof that there was ever needles in my daughter's scalp!
They did an ultrasound on her belly yesterday just to make sure that there isn't some inflammation somewhere that they are missing. We haven't heard the results on that just yet, later today.
The big news is that little girl isn't so little anymore, so she is now in an open crib! No more isolette! While this is very exciting, until we are sure she is better, Matt and I are very wary about everyone getting to touch her. Technically, no one has told us that other people are now allowed to touch or hold her yet, but that was what they said at the very beginning - that when she moved to an open crib people other than Matt or I would be able to hold and touch her. We have definitely decided that we don't want anyone to hold her until the iv is out, especially since it's in her head. We would prefer that no one hold and have limited touching until we know she is free and clear of whatever the infection is that she has. We know that everyone wants to hold her, but we hope that everyone understands and will respect our wishes. It's all very exciting, but she's still a sick little girl even if she isn't necessarily acting like she is.