Today was a nice one for visiting. As you can see from the blurriness of the picture, Bayla was pretty active. She was up to all her tricks, flailing, doing crazy crunches to try to get upright, and rolling over. We aren't allowed to let her roll onto her stomach for fear of hurting her scar, but we could hold her on our laps in an upright position, which she seemed to enjoy. Being able to hold her was terrific.

Bayla continues to be feverish, though it now seems to be dropping, her temp hasn't gotten below 102F in a while. Because of this, the doctors decided to put an IV in her. Keep Bayla hydrated and start the antibiotics, that's the plan. Our anesthesiologist is great, and she managed to get her just sedated enough to tolerate the needle without it being so much that she would need to be intubated. It also let her nap a bit, though she has yet to get even a solid 60 minutes of sleep.

Happily, we have gotten the OK to feed Bayla breastmilk again, provided it is skimmed. We're trying all sorts of shenanigans to skim the fat off the top, and saving it until she is digesting well enough to need it again. The formula we were giving her smelled, and not in an appetizing way. She is loving the breastmilk, and eating much more enthusiastically now.

The day was capped off by a great dinner over at Grandma and Grandpa's, and we all --except Dad, who is staying the night-- came home to collapse into bed.

-Naomi