Tuesdays with Mattigan (Who the heck is Morrie anyway?)

Tuesday scoots along.  Mattigan has the hiccups.  They aren't delicate ladylike hiccups either.  Poor kid.

Mattigan continues to thrive.  She's not afraid to tell us when we aren't doing things the way she wants them, when she wants them, or how she wants them.  You better be ready if you're going to wake this little sleepy dragon because the doctors took her off the caffeine so no more morning lattes for little Miss Matti.

She's up to 3# 6oz and almost at 7oz.  Fantastic weight gain.  Doctors are happy with it.  We're happy with it.  If you're happy with it and you know it clap your hands.  If you're happy with it and you know it clap your hands.  Oh.  Sorry.  There's been a lot of singing to Mattigan lately.  :)

Mattigan is at 29 cc's still but once the doctors do their formula/weight/weight gain/calories calculation, she's probably due to go up any time.  She's graduated to the BIG syringe that holds her food.  This one goes up to 60 cc's.  We're still using a machine to "inject" her food into the gavage feeding tube over 1 hour's time.  Eventually they'll start compressing the time down to 45 minutes then 30 minutes.  We spread it out over an hour to give her time to "eat" it.  Otherwise she'd feel like us after a Thanksgiving meal.  We want her to not be hungry but not overfull.  Otherwise she won't eat the next time we feed her.

We're enjoying the space in her room on the 4th floor in the Nursery ICU.  She has a roommate.  It would be nice to be in a private room so we could turn on our tv or make noise and not disturb them, but they seem nice and I think they'll be out of here the end of this week or beginning of next.  We have a couch, two chairs, and a footrest.  The tv I mentioned is a tiny 10" screen that is held to the wall on a swivel arm.  I believe they're basically leftovers from when adults used these rooms.  But hey, I'm not complaining.  Most of the time I leave it off, but sometimes it's nice to use it.

We're waiting for Daddy to get done with work so he can come play.  If Mattigan is alert enough Mama will show Daddy how we do physical therapy and then they'll have father-daughter cuddle time.  Then back to Oma and Opa's house and probably some leftovers from last night's delicious dinner.  We're getting awfully spoiled at not having to fend for meals ourselves.  All 4 of us now that I think of it.  Not that The Khaleesi nor Mattigan contributes much to meal time beyond their occasional tribute donations.