Week 2

Jaclyn very unhappy to have her mom put her down
Visitors: Aunt and Uncle
Visitors: Ryan Spanker and Steven
Just thought this picture was funny, Jaclyn had a little plumber when she got all unwrapped from her blanket

Jaclyn has now been in the hospital for almost 2 full weeks. She has not been having very good feedings. They put her on predigested formula as soon as she had her surgery and she doesn't seem to like it much but eats it since that is all she gets. Her poor little tummy gets swollen even more every time she eats. Since she had not been eating as much as the doctors were wanting her to they decided today that they needed to put the feeding tube back in. When she was having her feeding this afternoon her belly started to get really swollen. We called the nurse to have them check it. The nurse from this morning had to come check it out to make sure that it was really getting bigger. She agreed with me so they stopped her feeding and ordered an x-ray of her stomach to make sure things were looking good. When the doctor looked at it he said that she just has so much fluid in her stomach from the surgery and her stomach and liver are swollen so she doesn't have much room for food. They have been giving her medicine to help her body absorb the fluid so that she can pee it out. Since it is not helping enough they decided that they would start to give her a little more. They just want to be extra careful since Jaclyn is so small. They measured he little belly tonight and it was measuring 54.5 cm which is about 21.5 inches. They said that she probably feels like she is about 15 months pregnant. She is a tough little girl and is hanging in there. She is very content in mommies hands and only moms hands.