Well, Payton is doing great! She left the hospital a little over her birthweight on 7 lb. 11 oz. and has been gaining nearly an ounce a day since then and is now 9 lb. 9 oz. Her cardiologist had put her on a formula fortifier (adds calories and some vitamins) to add to her milk, but it can make babies a little groggy. We ran out of it on Mon., and I wanted to see how she did without it. She's been less fussy and more "smiley" since she's been off of it, and her pediatrician is really happy with her weight gain. It's fun to see this change. She'll look more and is awake more and smiles a little more.
At this point we're lined up to go back to Mayo either the first or second week in August so she can have follow up visits with everyone as well as another echocardiogram on her heart and a swallow study to see if she's able to work on feeding. I'm really praying we'll be able to start working on feeding her orally. I know her G-tube is necessary, but it'll be so wonderful to hopefully get rid of it at some point.
Aaron and I continue to make this transition into parenthood and are getting the hang of things as time goes by :). (as seen by the length of time between posts :). We're now initiated into the club - and anyone who's a parent know how busy that membership is! :)
Our camera miraculously started working again so here's some more pictures. She's such a beautiful miracle, and we're really enjoying her.
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Yay for pictures! She is such a doll - I love her hair! I'll give you a call soon, Feather.
Love you guys, and yes, welcome to the club. :-)
Sara
What an absolute doll!!!!!!!!!!! SO good to finally hear from and SEE you guys again. Keep the pictures coming Teara and I want to get to your home soon to hold the little doll,
love ya,
Terry and Phyllis:)
I love the pics! She is so adorable and it looks like you guys are having fun with her. The one of her and Aaron is so cute!!
Keep the pics coming now that your camera has been "healed."
Love ya ~ Jamie
Hey you guys!
Payton is just sweet, and I love the pics of her! We continue to pray daily, and it is such a blessing to hear about her weight gain and her continued health.
We love you all!
Karen & Brian Johnston
Ohhhhh-SO cute!!!
We missed you guys at the game last night - exciting stuff - we won! Got hairy at the end of the game, but we pulled it off anyway, so that's great!
Just wanted to let you know we are still praying daily for you all, especially that your trip back to Rochester in a couple weeks will go well, and Payton will continue to gain ground!
We love you!
Brian and Karen Johnston
Heather & Aaron,
Just thought that you might be interested to know that Brian has a couple of pictures of Payton on his screen saver - he has tons of pictures he has in a random pattern, and Payton's are definitely my favorite! And in case I was too subtle, I'm just saying we want new pics of Payton on here! :-)
We love you all and continue to pray for you!
Karen & Brian Johnston
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