Day 26

Aerin is even better today. Her feedings resumed at 3 cc's. So far, so good. She'll go up to 4 cc's tomorrow morning if things continue to go well. Her cultures from Thursday are still negative, which means that there is definitely no infection! Her bilirubin is up again, so she's back on phototherapy. I asked Dr. Falterman to put her under the bililight, rather than the biliblanket. It was funny - he told me that he thought he was going to have to talk me into the bililight. Aerin doesn't mind the eye mask, but she just can't get comfortable on the biliblanket. She's much happier on a soft mattress, with her sheepskin and blanket, than on the hard, plastic light panel. Also, the bililight works much faster. I'd rather her be on the bililight for a couple of days than be on the blanket for a week.

Today was a big day - Aerin's paternal grandmother, Rita Marx, came to visit from New York City, it was the first time Andrew got to hold her, and the first time she wore her own hat. It was just wonderful for me to see Aerin being held by her Daddy. She settled right down and seemed to really enjoy it. She looked so cute in her hat, which is still a little big on her. The hat was a gift from our dear friends: Jim, Amy, and Emily Anne.