tuesday night

Today was better, indeed.  I enjoyed some sweet snuggles with Hannah-bean this morning as the mornings continue to be the best time for her.  The GI team came in a little after noon to update me on “the plan”.  All of the upper GI tract x-rays from yesterday showed there to be no physical blockages in Hannah’s intestines.  Therefore, the doctors have narrowed it down to two possibilities.  First, they said that she could be suffering from slow motility.  Second, they said that the problem could still be with my milk.  They are leaning towards the latter.  That being said, they gave the go ahead to start giving her a special kind of formula, Elecare, that is supposedly very easy for babies to digest.  They will monitor her closely for a few days to see if her belly becomes distended again or if everything works as it should.

I wish you could have seen how fast Hannah chugged her first bottle of Elecare.  She was one happy girl… until it was empty and then she screamed for a while.  We are sad at the thought of Hannah not being able to nurse but hopeful that this attempt could work.  It also means that we will be spending a few more days in the hospital… but hey, at least there’s ESPN in the room and it’s college basketball season.