(Round 2) Week 4, Days 3 and 4

This morning Sunshine broke her 3-day "keep it all down" streak.  Bummer.  Yesterday had been much like the days before--lots of congestion, low volumes, a bit of attitude showing up during feeding times, but overall successful because she kept her food all down.  This morning she was super congested, all in her chest and cough, and it was just too much for her.  So, her oral total for today was only 20oz.

Her cough and congestion has gone on so long without seeing any improvement, so today we got an appointment to see the Pediatrician here.  She could clearly hear all that was going on and prescribed antibiotics for a sinus infection.  She said the congestion was still "higher" and she did not have bronchitis or pneumonia.  That's good news.  So tonight we started her on antibiotics.  They say we should see some improvement within 48 hours.  I sure hope we do!

We also started another medication today.  There is an antihistamine called Periactin which can help increase appetite and help the stomach tolerate higher volumes of food (somehow!).  So we are doing a trial period with this to see if it helps Sunshine be able to eat and tolerate more food at a time.

My head is swimming with all the medications and vitamins we have going right now.  There are now 4-5 different meds we are giving daily, all at different times of the day!

Sweet friends looking at books together!  We are going to miss this little girl and her mom!

It was a pretty chilly walking to and from the clinic this morning so I grabbed Sunshine's winter coat from the car.  Thankfully it warmed up and she didn't need it the rest of the day.

We have one more week of therapy.  My prayer right now is that we can find some stability in Sunshine's volumes and good weight gain and leave here with a good direction of what to do next.