London Update...a few set backs but some progress once again...

These past couple of days we have been sort of at a stand still with London progress. On Saturday and Sunday, London got really sick and couldn't keep anything down at both ends of her poor little body. She lost about 4 ounces and so the doctors did a bunch of tests to see what was going on. She got put back on an IV and all of her feedings were stopped. They thought she might be lactose intolerant or that she had colitis or that she had some virus. She got put on no contact and then reduced to only contact precautions, meaning that we had to wear gloves and a paper gown in case she had some disease. They were able to rule out colitis and all of her virus tests have come back negative. We are still waiting on one virus test result to come back. The doctors think that London has a milk protein allergy. They started her back on a special formula, neocate, yesterday and she has done good on it so far. We are hoping that they can try and wean her to another type of formula that is cheaper (the one she is on is about 40$ a 14 oz can and special order only). Today they were able to turn off her oxygen since she is doing good breathing on her own and if everything goes good today they will be able to put her in a crib tomorrow. The doctors are cautious about making lots of changes because they don't want to stress London out. We hit 6 weeks old on Saturday. I can't believe it has already been 6 weeks! London's gained back most of the weight she has lost. She is 3 lbs. 13 oz now and has grown 2 inches since she was born. We are hoping that she can begin taking a bottle again on Monday or so. No word on when she can come home yet but for now we are just hanging in here and glad that London is doing as good as she has been. Until then, we will continue the daily trek to the hospital...not much different i guess from when she will first come home and we will make about 3-4 trips a week to the pediatrician to check London's progress.

(On Sunday, I was talking to my visiting teaching companion and she was telling me how they had a baby at 26 weeks that did not live because it's lungs were not developed enough. It made me think of how grateful I am that London is doing as good as she is since that is only a 3 week difference. )

We are so grateful for everyone's messages and support and love. They make a huge difference and help us keep going! We will keep updating everyone on what is going on. (I didn't put up any new pictures since London has been covered in tubes recently and that isn't very fun...hopefully some new ones soon)