First Night at Wake Med in Raleigh

It's 11pm and Phoebe is nursing for the last time tonight.
We'll give a quick update and fill in more details tomorrow.

11:15
We're surprised but thankful to say that Phoebe is not hooked up to any tubes or I.V.
She's laying perfectly asleep now.
Once they've observed her tonight and tomorrow they will know what the next step is.
They didn't feel that she was seriously dehydrated so they were very comfortable simply running some tests and observing.

So far we're extremely pleased with the care she's already received and the staff seems to be excellent.

Phoebe did not throw up today even with her crying through some of the tests they've done. Normally she works herself into a cough and a gag when she cries. We're very encouraged. In fact, we actually think that maybe she is turning the corner and the worst of her throwing up is behind us. (empasis on "maybe"). Well, we're going to share this little hospital pull-out bed. We'll see how that goes!

Our First Blog!

Here we are but we should be in bed. It's 11:31pm and we are planning on waking at 5:00am to give Phoebe her first feeding of the day.

Today we think she got the most milk that she's gotten in the last few weeks.
Today we totaled 14.7 oz.
We are aiming to get 24 oz. into her in the very near future and we are praying (as are many, many people) that the Lord will touch her body and increase her appetite so she will want more and be able to hold more.

Phoebe threw up only ONE time today! and it was only about .5 oz.

REVIEW

Phoebe is 6 1/2 months old and has been labeled "failure to thrive."
She has been progressively losing weight and this morning weighed in at
9 lbs 9 oz.

David was 10.2 lbs at birth so we are extra aware of the fact that she is incredibly under weight.

We have many things to share and pictures too and will get to it as soon as possible.

We know that if you're reading this you care very much. Thank you for your prayers!