Saturday Morning - 24 Weeks and Viability!

I am so sorry for not posting much this week - well to be frank hardly nothing at all. This was a tough week emotionally and there were a lot of things I had to deal with before I was able to post. So this is sort of a recap of the week. Although things will never be normal again - we have begun to settle back into our routine a bit more.

Monday was spent getting family settled in and preparing things for the funeral. I want to express a sincere thank you to everyone who helped with programs, music, pictures, organizing the agenda, the flowers and all those little things that I had never really thought about.

Tuesday we had a wonderful service for Eva Aimee surrounded by family and friends. The Klein Funeral home was so great and I could not have been happier with all of the support and organization they provided. Our darling little girl was laid to rest in the Klein Memorial Park off of 2920 near our home in Tomball. I am so thankful for my parents and sister for being able to attend as well as almost all of Bianca's family; brothers and sisters as well as spouses nieces and nephews. It was so wonderful to see her surrounded by so many people that love and support her.

Here are a few pictures of the service as well as her family's visit to the hospital!

The rest of the week has been spent trying to catch up at work and taking care of things around the hospital. The hard part for Bianca has been the emotional strain of not being able to be there for the service and having to be in bed for so long.

We entered the hospital on May 28 and today is June 22 for a total of 26 days! YIKES!
Today also marks 24 weeks for our miracle Baby B!

24 weeks also means are first day of viability - Where Baby B has a high enough chance of survival that NICU specialist start monitoring her even more.

So what has happened during this week with Baby B and Bianca's health...
Both are doing very well with Bianca getting lots of bed rest and sleeping a lot. Baby B has had strong heart tones and seems to be kicking and moving a lot. Earlier this week we got to hear Baby with hiccups and see her practicing her breathing. I never knew I could be so happy about hiccups.

Some of the other news - Baby B is generally developing well and is consistent with 24 weeks of development with the exception of her little tummy. Her tummy is more than a week behind the development of the rest of her body. There are lots of reasons for this, but over all we need to increase Bianca's diet and her good calorie intake. We have been noticing that Bianca eats less than normal due to her being in bed all the time and tends to get a bit of reflux after she eats. (After we learned this she ate a slice of pizza, a hot dog and a full salad for lunch...I think she is on board with the whole eating more idea)

As I have mentioned before, we have a team of doctors now and we meet more and more every day as well as new nurses all the time - but we now can add a Physical Therapist and a Dietitian.  Bianca is now on PT exercises to keep her muscle tone up and strength as well as a new diet including more protein and eating more often. She is now on Boost / Ensure drinks to keep her calorie intake up and give the baby as much.

Over all things are good and I will post more as soon as I get a chance.