Discharge Day (for Alicia)

Alicia is being discharged today, hooray! The babies are still in the special care nursery (I accidentally called it the extended care nursery yesterday.) Solomon has been eating like a fireman and has earned himself some leeway. If he doesn't finish a feeding now he can make it up in his next feedings and won't have to get a feeding tube unless he gets behind. The doctor brought up discharge for him today, he may be able to come home in a few days!

Simon and Isla need to work on taking their full bottles. Simon hasn't been digesting all of his food, but he seems to be doing better. He had 17 mL left in his stomach yesterday evening, and 11 mL late last night, and he only had a little left when Linda just fed him his late morning bottle today. He took about half of his bottle, which is an improvement since he wasn't taking much by mouth during his feedings last night. Isla is also taking about half of her feedings by mouth and sometimes has a small amount leftover in her stomach. Once they start taking full bottles and digesting it, they'll be on their way out the door.

Simon is the first baby to have his bilirubin go down, so he's all good with that and won't need to be tested again. Isla was at a 9.6 and if it goes up to 10 she'll need phototherapy to help her out. Solomon is still under 9 but it hasn't gone down yet, so he could need phototherapy as well if it keeps rising. We're hoping that they won't need it, but it wouldn't be unusual.