Update on Khloe's feedings

Hello everyone...Khloe has been home from the hospital for almost two weeks. We were only supposed to be in the hospital for one night, and we were there for 4 days. She now has a G (gastromony tube) placed in stomach. She was not tolerating her feedings very well the first couple of days, but she is doing much better now. She went backwards in how much she eats every three hours...but she is finally making some forward progress. I am happy to report she is eating 100 mls every three hours. She weighs 9lbs 11 oz this week. She has been giggling in her sleep this week, so it makes me feel that she is a happy baby. Although she does not sleep very well through the night, but it is getting a little better. Kurtis and I tag team her night feedings...I go back to work next week Monday. I am ready to go back to work, but I am really going to miss my baby! We will have two people coming to the house to watch the baby...that is truly a blessing. Our little miracle is now almost 3 months old. This next month we have lots of doctor appointments to figure out when the doctors want to close her cleft lip, cleft palate, and look at her skull to see if they can do a bone graft. Thank you for all of the kind thoughts and prayers! I truly believe Khloe is a fighter and with positivity and lots of love in her life it is making her thrive everyday!!! :) Happy New Year everyone!!!

After Khloe's first surgery

Hello it's been a little while since I have wrote anything for her baby blog. Most of you know Khloe's first surgery was on December 15, 2010 at Children's Hospital in Milwaukee. Everything went well we just needed to stay longer than expected because she was not tolerating her feedings very well and the doctors wanted her back up to 95 millileters before she could go home. We were finally able to go home on Saturday December 18th. When we pulled into the driveway Khloe puked all over herself in her carseat...yes, wonderful...at least she waited until we came home from the hospital. If she would have done that at the hospital we would have had to stay one more night. Although our night didn't get much better...she did not tolerate her feedings at home for the next 18 hrs or so. She continued to throw up her feedings, and we were getting worried. We tried to give her some pedialyte and that seemed to work a little. Sunday she started to tolerate her feedings better, and now this week she is doing great. She has the occasional spit up, and I have to get used to burping her tube. If I hold the tube lower than her stomach residual stuff will come out of her tummy...disgusting I know...more than you probably wanted to know. :)
We are getting ready for the holidays, and excited to still have our miracle here!!! On Christmas Eve she will be 12 weeks old. She is the BEST present I could have asked for this year!! I hope everyone has a safe and blessed Holiday!!! From our family to yours :)