Update on Roxana

Roxana is doing so much better, Thank you God!!!!!! Please keep praying for her to build up her endurance, eat her food and have fewer heart rate drops.

She is back up to her birth weight (8ibs 6oz).

She has eaten 4 full feedings in the last 30 hours (they dropped her feedings to 60ml from 75ml because her weight gain is going well).

She is being seen by a physical therapist, they believe that when she's awake she's exerting too much of her energy moving her arms and legs, so they're trying to have her in different positions to build up her muscle tone without exerting too much energy. Also because she is heavier for her age (38 1/2 weeks) it's already hard for her to lift up her arms and legs.

We still have never heard her cry. Even at birth due to her swallowing fluid. The docs and nurses also haven't heard her cry. She sure knows how to "grunt" though =)

I am producing enough milk for her and then some! Once I get a back up supply well stocked I may become a donor! We actually had to order a small chest freezer (I did check craigslist first, there's only huge freezers- nothing for the limited space we have..) to store the back up supply. It's already taken over our freezer...

I'm trying to stay as positive as I can about her progress. She'll do great for a streak of a good solid few hours and then she regresses again. I want to jump for joy, scream, shout because I'm so happy she's gaining weight and taking some more feedings, but then I have to guard myself if she does slide down again.

Here's some newer pictures=)

Please continue to pray for our little one. This has been very hard on us all. We thank you for your prayers =)