Monday

Grandma came to visit yesterday so Meredith is at the park right now blowing off some steam. We would like to say thanks to those of you that have brought us great food over the last several days- it's very thoughtful.

Delaney continues to have bouts of apnea, some worse than others. It seems the doctors are becoming a little more concerned about the frequency of the bouts and decided this morning to try something new with her feeding. They have inserted a new feeding tube that terminates directly into her intestine rather than into her stomach. They are speculating that she is having reflux issues where milk comes up into her esophagus from her full belly (many term babies have reflux issues also). She doesn't want milk in her lungs so she clamps her trachea shut and subsequently stops breathing. The pressure from the milk can also hit a nerve that can stop her heart. No good comes from either scenario. Hopefully the new feeding effort will help reduce her apnea. The idea is that the milk will be fed slowly into her gut rather than her stomach so she won't be as full and reflux should be reduced. They're going to do this for the next 24 hours or so and see how she does.

Meredith and her mom had a special day yesterday. The plan was always for Jennifer and Meredith to go have a "spa" day just before Delaney's birth. Part of the plan was to get Meredith's ears pierced. The spa day was considerably downgraded, but Meredith was amazingly brave and did get her ears pierced. We are really working hard to make her time here more comfortable (even if her parents are tired and grouchy sometimes).