Finley is continuing to do really well and astound everyone in the NICU. Her neonatologist told me today that he and the other docs fight over who gets to see Finley each day because she is always doing so well (i.e. not any bad news to deliever to the parents) and her nurses call her their little NICU rockstar! Today she moved from the CPAP (which is the large device on her nose in the above picture) to a nasal canula. Her jaundice scores went down and she doesn't have to be under the light anymore. Without her goggles and CPAP, we can actually see her sweet little face!
She had an ultrasound of her brain this morning, which is routine with preemies her age because of an increased risk of bleeding in the brain, and the results came back totally normal! Her doctor had reassured us beforehand that Finley hadn't shown any signs of a brain bleed but to have that confirmed was a big relief. Her feed amounts have continued to increase (we're now up to 13 cc every three hours) and are now to the point that her IV nutrition will probably be discontinued today or tomorrow! Finley is our little super trooper and right now she just needs to continue eating well and growing and then she can come home. We don't have an anticipated date that she'll leave the NICU yet, but depending on how well she takes to bottle and breastfeeding, we'll get a better trajectory of her NICU timeline. Since she's only weighing in at 2 lbs 5 oz, we know it will be several more weeks, but hopefully not too much longer than that!
I have had many thoughts during your roller coaster ride, but the one that keeps coming back is that Finley is one lucky little lady to have you and Andrew as parents.
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