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Stevie Stats: Friday June 27
5 lbs 15.9 oz (let's just call it 6lbs!)

Stevie is doing awesome. Praise God. Thank you for the prayers because we have been blessed beyond belief.

The nurse practitioner spoke with me yesterday going over Stevie's progress, and future orders and then told me if Stevie follows everything she needs to do she can come home NEXT WEEK! I thought they were going to have to give me a lunch bag to breathe in. No, I was so excited, and SO nervous.

They started yesterday on 5 bottle feeds per day. They hope by Sunday or Monday she'll be taking all 8 feeds by bottle, and Tuesday or Wednesday night we'll be able to do our parent overnight stay and take her home the following day. Friends, I can't tell you how excited, over-joyed, happy Steve and I are. Just to have our child in our own home will be such an amazing gift!

Stevie still has the following things to do within the next few days:

car seat check: after she eats they will place her in her car seat for over an hour to make sure she is okay and can breathe okay.

hepatitis vaccine: she needs to get her hep B series of vaccines

eye exam: she'll have her 2nd eye exam on Monday to see how her optical vessels are developing

hearing screen: stevie was super fussy during the first hearing screen so they had to re-schedule. I can't wait to see her in the little hearing ear-muffs.

echo cardiogram: they will do another echo cardiogram to check Stevie's PDA valve. At 29 weeks they found that Stevie's valve was open - called PDA - valve that should be closed in newborns as they only need this valve to direct blood flow when they are in utero. They did not detect any murmur after 5 days - HUGE prayer answered, but they want to check before she leaves that indeed it still is not a problem. Please pray that indeed it isn't!

Happy Friday - we'll continue to keep you updated, and please pray for Steve and I over the next few days and weeks as we prepare for her to come home.

Love,
Erin