We can hardly believe it's been 3 months. Wait a minute, YES we can! What a journey.
Kara continues to grow. She is smiling, "talking", can hold her head up for a few seconds during "tummy time", and sleeps like a dream. This week has been a tad bit tougher in the sleep department because she has a cold (and I'm sure many of you can remember or imagine how frustrated a little baby is when they can't sleep due to their boogers). Jeremy and I have been using the booger-bulb frequently.
Health-wise, she just needs to grow. Her oral feed volume is not improving and is fairly sporadic. We continue to keep feeding her so she will still "get" eating and not develop food aversion. We are thankful we can give her the calories she needs, regardless. I think that Kara, due to her limited lung capacity, only has a certain amount of energy (lower than most her age). If she did choose to eat all her food (and she could), I don't think she'd have energy to push up, move her head, chatter with Mommy and Daddy, etc. We can give her extra calories, we cannot help her muscles and brain develop. So God is graciously enabling her to "choose" to do the latter on her own, at the expense of the former. Blessed be the Lord!
Jeremy and I continue to navigate the new normal. I am running (o.k.... plodding!) about 10 min 3x a week, and that has gone a huge way to improve my outlook. We are also heavily dependent on the Word to fortify our defenses against frustration, depression, and exhaustion!
Thanks for your support these 3 months (and long before, when the CCAM was first found). We are abundantly blessed.
Katie has just started to ask to "hold" Kara and help bottle-feed her.
What would I do without my helpers?
Ask Daddy... not sure when or why... =)
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