A good week

It's been a good week in the NICU. I've been working a bit too much, which explains my lack of updating.

Monday was a bit of a tough day, as the doctors decided Abby still wasn't growing enough and needed a blood transfusion because she was anemic. So, there's been an IV in her all week. And, to make matters worse, we haven't been holding her since it was put in because she has small veins and they don't want to lose the IV.

But things have been much more encouraging since then. Her weight gain has been impressive every day this week; she is about 2 pounds 11 ounces as of last night. Despite her growth issues, the doctors and nurses are so impressed with her progress that she might be moving to a different NICU (in the same hospital) that is for older babies with less serious issues. Although that's obviously a good sign, it will be hard to get used to a new area and (for the most part) new nurses.

Abigail, whose due date still is nine weeks away as of yesterday, is growing up. She has become much more interactive this week -- she keeps her eyes open more often and seems to even be smiling sometimes.

Also, Katrina shot our first videos of Abby yesterday. (I can't believe we haven't thought of doing them earlier!) She used our regular camera, which means no sound, but they're really cute. I'll try to get them posted over the weekend.