Day 78

Called the nurse at 9:00am Christmas morning to see how our week Alice was - and she was doing just fine (like the old Alice from earlier this week). Awake and hungry and ready to get the day started. What a relief! Made us feel so much better and we were able to relax and enjoy Christmas morning.

Had a quick visit with Alice yesterday afternoon. My sister (Sarah) was able to come (little break from her twins) and this was her first visit with Alice since October 20th or so. Alice is now the same size as Sarah & Bruce's girls when they were born on October 26th. Alice was alert yesterday at 3pm. Had a little boob sucking action, not as much as earlier in the week, but she was still interested.

And then the visit this morning was fabulous - Alice took her whole morning feed on the breast. Wow! She sucked for about 25 minutes - and at this time 15 to 20 minutes is a full feed so no top up was required. She was awake and alert when I arrived at the hospital and sucking away on her hand. During rounds with the doctor this morning, we decided we'd stay at Children's a couple more days and then look at transferring to Lion's Gate. We're getting there.

With all the commotion in our lives, I forgot to mention that we've had some friends (John and Marissa) who had a baby boy on December 22nd - Finn Gregory Lucas. He was a big boy - 9 pounds 2 ounces and 22 inches long. Like I said, I big boy. Congrats to them.