Baby Girl in a Crib

Mixed feelings today. McKenna is four pounds today. Woo hoo. We are so happy. She is finally double her birth rate. What a big girl, and she looks bigger too. Her face has really filled in and her body looks longer. And today they put her in a crib. This is a big step up and a step closer to her coming home. We are really excited for her to be home soon, but nervous as can be because her heart.

McKenna has had heart drops daily lately. She had one earlier today and then this evening when I was feeding her she had another. Her face turned pale, eyes lifeless and body just goes limp. It's so scary. Poor girl. We are so worried about her and scared they are going to send her home with these drops. Their rule normally is that the baby has to not have a heart drop for at least 72 hours before they send her home, but talking with the nurse tonight she said that is not always the case. If heart drops occur with feedings they sometimes send them home anyway. SCARY!

Please pray her heart is continually strengthened and her brain reminds her to breathe.

Keaton is doing good today. He has been waking up about 45 minutes before his feedings and is hungry. We are trying to keep him scheduled with his feedings every three hours like they did at NICU since it will be so difficult to do every two hours with two babies home, but not sure how much longer he will allow for that. He is sleeping better at night but still does a lot of the grunting and moaning throughout the night.

Keaton's heart monitor went off last night saying he had a high heart rate (over 250). Not sure if it was a legit alarm or not because it only went off once, but we are hoping not. We are so worried he is sick and every little thing we tend to over read. He goes to the doctor tomorrow for his first "real" appointment and we have a million questions. Anxious to meet his doctor and see how she is. Also anxious to see how much he weighs.

Thanks for all your prayers.