Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Mouse, awake.

Mouse & Kitten.

What's new this morning?

We both visited this morning. Tried tandem nursing, which looked simultaneously touching and funny, like a really good Carol Burnett Show sketch, only with less Lyle Waggoner. It was a glimpse of what we'll be spending 80% of our time doing for the next stage of things.

Evelyn only gained 10 grams overnight on the 22 calorie fortified breastmilk, which means we're looking at Thursday at the very earliest (if she shows improvement tomorrow, that is). Anna's definitely staying until Saturday. The doctor is supportive of keeping Evelyn until Saturday and releasing them together, but if she resumes gaining 40 to 60 grams a night, the insurance company will start wondering why she's staying in the SCN. So weight gain is a good thing, but will inspire mixed feelings also.