First Game Day!

Well, today was a good day for little miss Sophia.  We went to visit her this morning and brought her the LSU hat and blanket that Aunt Karen sent so that she would be all decked out for the big LSU game vs. Bama today.  All of the isolettes have blankets hanging over them, so now Sophia's has an LSU one so that everyone knows who she's rooting for.  The Tigers pulled out a victory, and we think we might have a little good luck charm on our hands!!

As of last night, she is back over the 4lb mark and this morning her feeds were increased to 30cc/feeding or right at about an ounce.  Tomorrow she will go up to 35cc which is her goal for her weight and from that point on they'll just increase her based on her weight.  We were also informed that tonight they'll turn off her TPN (IV nutrition) which means the IV might be coming out for good soon!!  At her noon feeding we attempted breastfeeding again and she ate like a pro...I'm so proud of her!  We were told today that she is next on the list to move up to the step up ICU for babies who don't need as close of care.  Basically she will still be monitored continuously in an ICU setting, but it is the next step up to going home.  The best part of moving into that unit is that she will have her own room and we can room in with her there.  Hopefully she'll be making that move by tomorrow.  We can't wait to be able to stay with our little girl overnight!!  She is progressing so much everyday and we know we'll have her home soon!  Thanks for all of your prayers...they're really working!!

 A picture with her eyes open is hard to come by!