All is well in Sophia land. The Doctors are still doing speedy rounds and are extremely happy with Sophia's progress. Today they took her to Bolus feeds.This means that her foods are not delivered to her through a pump they are giving to her though a large syringe and are gravity fed. the higher you hold the syringe the faster the feeds go in her belly. Bolus feeds condenses her feeds to a 15-20 minute range. Both Patrick and I fed her for the first time today via bolus feeds. Her caloric intake is still at 28 calories per/ml and the only medicine she is on is the one for pulmonary hypertension. She is also taking baby steps forward with oral skills. She is seeming to like her pacifier more and is now occasionally tolerating drips of formula down the pacifier to her mouth. She actually took about 1/2 a ml this way today. Although it doesn't sound like much for Sophia it is another big leap. Today she also started holding onto her "wubb a nub" pacifier. With all of these steps forward, we are pretty sure that we'll be heading home before she is 3 months old.
How very exciting!
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