Sophia reached full feeds through her g-tube today, which is one of the bigger steps towards going home. She is definitely getting closer but still has a few things she needs to do before we venture that way. The Doctors have increased her caloric intake from 20 to 24 calories per ml to try to get her to grow more along with getting her to have more energy. They also reduced her adavan medicine by 1/2 dose again and she should be off of it fully in the next couple of days. Her feeds will also start being consolidated. The doctors are also going to try to shut off her feeds for an hour an\then try to feel her some by a bottle. The hopes is that stopping the feeds will allow her tummy to empty thus giving her a hungry feeling and thus giving her a desire to try eating orally. We really hope that, that will be the case, but we won't be disappointed if it doesn't work on the first try. We all know the ol' saying that you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
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