Another Busy Hannah Week:

11 Weeks

We had 3 appointments this week - 

Cardiology: Hannah now weighs 8 lbs 12 oz - go girl! The cardiologist was super happy with her weight gain. They want babies to gain 18-20 grams per day going into heart surgery and Hannah has been gaining 30 grams per day. She’s also met the “safe zone” in weight for open heart surgery, so that’s good too. 

So despite our regression in oral feedings, weight gain is more important right now. 

Mid December we go in for our pre-op sedated [yuck] echo, thyroid bloodwork and a chest X-ray. I should have asked, but if we’re getting a pre-op echo, it leads me to believe surgery would be in January - ? Don’t quote me on that. 

Speech Therapy: Hannah hasn’t finished a whole bottle by mouth since early October. It’s frustrating, but common for heart babies. Once we introduced more formula into my milk, she started having less poos and having a harder time finishing her bottles. Our Speech Therapist said this is very common for babies going into heart surgery to regress with oral feedings. We have found however, that Hannah eats more by mouth when she’s half asleep; not thinking about it! Interesting. 

Help Me Grow: Just came out to see how Hannah is doing today… I basically fill them in on how she’s doing… they still aren’t super involved yet because motor skills won’t come into play until closer to 6 months.  

Keep our Warrior Hannah in your thoughts as we keep on the upward path!