Counting down....

January 10, 2009: Sophia still managed to lose weight last night even though she ate over 600 cc during the day. Crazy. At least she only lost 5 grams instead of another big loss like the previous night. I'm really nervous that she won't be ready to come home if she doesn't gain tonight and tomorrow night. Since she's been losing weight, they decided that she cannot go any longer than 3 hours between feeds. If she's sleeping, they need to wake her up and feed her. Anyway, Sophia ate well today - averaging about 90cc per feed (sometimes more). Her poor little bottom is really sore from pooping so much. She's got an army of cremes by her bedside. Hopefully they can find something that helps her. They are considering taking her off the erythromycin to see if that will help....since it's making her poop more frequently. They only want to take her off it though if she's getting diarrhea. (this is the medicine they put her on for motility, so she doesn't get constipated.)
So we just got back from the hospital and she gained weight! Hallelujah! She weighed 2815. That's just over 6 lbs 3oz and is up 60 grams from last night. PHEW. Now hopefully she will gain again tomorrow. Sophia's poor little bottom - she SCREAMED everytime we had to change her diaper and she definitely has diarrhea now. They are even using special wipes and Ilex cream (http://www.ilexpaste.com/about.shtml). They decided to take her off the erythromycin at some point today so I hope that will help.