The doctors also strongly suspect (and I completely agree!) that Rebekah has reflux. Two of our four boys had it, and apparently it is part and parcel of having a heart baby. Right now, Rebekah has had one dose of Zantac and a dose of Reglan to combat the reflux. She is tentatively scheduled for a swallow study and upper GI tomorrow to see if the doctors can more accurately diagnose the reason for her reflux. Hopefully we will get the reflux under control so she can move ahead with her eating. For now, we are not going to continue the bottle feeding until we have the results of those tests.
Otherwise, Rebekah has had a great day - she has been sleeping most of the day, but was awake briefly to meet her first visitors. Our friends Steve and Judy Selby stopped by to see Rebekah, and then they took me out to lunch (read: NO cafeteria food!!). Thank you so much, Steve and Judy. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing you again!! :)
Rebekah and I have plans to get to bed early tonight. We're hoping that we get a little more sleep tonight than we did last night. Between Rebekah's monitors, feeding pumps, upset tummy and nurses checking her vital signs, neither one of us slept much. We're hoping that the tummy problems are more under control thus leading to less beeping of monitors and less frequent beeping of feeding pumps. The nurses - well, we can't do too much about them! :) I have to say, we have had some of the best medical care here that I have ever seen. We are so thankful for all of our nurses and doctors!
Hoping you have a restful night as well!
Nancy
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Nancy, I hope both you and Rebekah get a lot of sleep tonight and that her feeds go well. Do you have comfortabl bed to sleep on in her room? If so PTL. I can hardly wait for a grandchild. Wish I could give your precious little girl a gentle hug.
Denise
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