Sunday, May 17, 2009
Aeva comes out
Aeva was born by emergency c-section 9 weeks and 3 days early on February 5, 2009, at 8:07pm in Nashville, TN, due to a severe pregnancy complication I encountered. (I am healing fine, and just about back to normal). She was born very healthy, which shocked even the doctors. She was small for her gestational age of 30 weeks.Aeva has gone through a rollercoaster ride through the NICU, and has done rather well, with minimal setbacks. She has made it through apnea spells, caffiene dosages for her heart, digestion issues, jaundice, and extremely low birth weight.Today, April 14, Aeva is 2 days past her due date and is considered term. She has bilateral hip dislocation, meaning that since she was breech, her hips are not in the sockets. She is in a brace that holds her legs into the hip joint, in efforts to allow her hip to grow and create a proper socket for her legs to be in. Tomorrow is the ultrasound to see if her legs are indeed in the sockets. She weighed 5lbs 14.7oz Monday the 13th, and grows each and everyday. Currently she is learning, slowly, how to eat from a bottle. She has had some vomit issues the last few days, but we're pretty sure it is due to air. She is still learning how to suck on a bottle,and the seal she has now isn't tight enough, so she ingests air. Once she masters eating, she will be set to come home.
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