Misbehaving

Ava is pretty well known in the NICU as a little trouble maker. She is very dramatic when she has her "episodes" and she knows exactly how to get attention. There has not been a whole lot of new information to report the last couple of days. They have been weaning one of her medicines that helps her remember to breathe and it is looking like maybe she is not tolerating the wean so well. She has had more epiosdes the last couple of days, so hopefully she can move past that without having to go back up on her medicine. One day, it will be nice to know that Ava does not need meds to help her remember to breathe! She seems to be hanging out right around 3lbs right now with no significant gains. Her feedings are running over 30 minutes now rather than 90 minutes. They do this to get her little belly ready for taking her feeds by mouth, which should start tomorrow, assuming she starts getting her act together and does not have so many apenic epiosdes. Ava is so much fun to dress up now! She is like a little dolly and I cannot believe how well her preemie clothes fit her! It is so adorable! She should be moving into an open crib in a few days because she is maintaing her temperature so well! I guess there is really not much more to report, but I figured I would not keep you all hanging!