March 12th, 2017 2000

Today was a good day! Arlyn was able to wean from high flow to 2 L NC and in doing so was able to take her first bottle since surgery. She quickly took down 5 cc of great milk but vomited so they decided to wait until tomorrow to continue on bottle. Tonight I will attempt to breast feed and likely fail but the introduction is important so she can explore and hopefully with the help of nutrition, lactation and speech will find her own success before we go home. She had her NG tube taken out this morning since she looked so good and was unlikely to go back on CPAP. It has been exciting to watch her little personality blossom since she is more awake. She is alert and awake during the day now not only at night and one thing for sure she knows how to belt out a good cry when we do something that we don't like. She is taking the pacifier regularly and finds comfort in it. 

I went out and spent time with Kolby and Calogero today. Together we cleaned the house and fixed a leak downstairs. We went out to lunch together and just hung out. It was really hard to leave the boys but I was happy to come back this afternoon. 

I have been having problems with my laptop so I apologize for the delay in posting from yesterday! I realize many of you look forward to the blog and I try to update at least daily so thank you for your patients.