Hooray, Kayla is one week old today!!! The doctor told us this morning that they were going to start doing breast milk feeding every six hours today. Kayla will get a very little amount through a feeding tube they have put in her nose. The doctor also told us that Kayla will have an ultrasound today of her heart to see if the blood vessel has closed yet. Mike and I went in to see her around 3:30pm, she was doing well. Kayla had Uncle Bobby come visit her today, it was very sweet Bobby thinks she said his name when she was making her bubble noises. After Bobby had left Mike and I were there when they came in to do her ultrasound, unfortunately they noticed that the blood vessel to her heart was still moderately large, he said it had closed a little from her last antibiotic but not enough to not worry about it. Kayla will have to be put back on an antibiotic at 8pm, 8am, and 8pm tonight through tomorrow in hopes it will close up on it's own. Mike and I are praying that the vessel will close on it's own because if it doesn't she may have to have surgery in order to get it closed. We have started another prayer chain. After the ultrasound Mike and I were able to do Kangaroo care, (holding skin to skin) with Kayla. What an amazing feeling that was for the both of us. We wear a button down t-shirt and they place Kayla on our chest, the warmth is good for her and she gets to hear, smell, and feel her mom and dad while she lays on us. When they placed Kayla on my chest in that moment I knew I was Kayla's mom, it just felt completely natural and right, she is so little she fits between our belly button and nipple line. It was so amazing to feel her breath against our skin to feel every movement she made, a moment we will never forget. Mike feel in love with this as well and told Kayla, "you can have what ever you want." Mike was able to hold Kayla a bit longer today and we loved that because as we had left Mike showed me that Kayla's imprints were still on his chest. You could see where her head, hand, and legs were when he was holding her, it was so sweet. Kayla later got a visit from Grandma, we had a little bit of a rough evening because the nurse was not able to get the heart antibiotic to work correctly and Kayla's machines were going off. This put me and mom in an uncomfortable place because the nurse wasn't telling me what was going on and why Kayla's machines were beeping to much. We ended up staying until about 10:30pm after Kayla's antibiotic had finally finished and all her IV's and other fluids were set up. I would not leave my daughter until nothing beeped for a least five minutes. It's so hard to leave when you are feeling uncomfortable with the nurse taking care of your child. But I was able to get back into the mind set of Kayla being in God's hands and that she be all right and will have a good night.
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