Hello all,
It has been a couple of weeks since I have written but wanted to let you know how life in the Casmer home was.
We had quite a bit of an ordeal trying to get Zoe to eat and keep it down. With changes in formula, added medication, and rice cereal we hope to see Zoe gaining weight again. As of last week, Zoe was 7 lb & 3 oz and 20 inches, great numbers but according to the doctor not good enough. We hope with the recent diet changes we can see a drastic improvement at tomorrow's weigh in.
Zoe has a couple of important appointments coming up in the next few weeks. First, she has an eye appointment, to check if the vessels in her eyes have finally matured and hopefully were not damaged by the oxygen she was on while in the hospital. Second, Zoe will be going in for blood tests, urine tests, and an EEG to see what is going on with her brain. We are praying that things stabilize up there or heal. The tests will hopefully show what is currently going on, possible causes, and potential outcomes. All three are scary to think about so we continue to rely on the Lord.
Zoe's day to day seems great, when she is not spitting up like Old Faithful. We continue to exercise and do our therapy to keep her on track with her developmental milestones. March 11th will be her one month "corrected age" (age if she had been born to term). We hope to see things like, the startle reflex, gazing at faces for brief moments, and grasping on to fingers as a reflex.
We continue to be amazed by our little miracle and thankful for each day.
Kimberly
It has been a couple of weeks since I have written but wanted to let you know how life in the Casmer home was.
We had quite a bit of an ordeal trying to get Zoe to eat and keep it down. With changes in formula, added medication, and rice cereal we hope to see Zoe gaining weight again. As of last week, Zoe was 7 lb & 3 oz and 20 inches, great numbers but according to the doctor not good enough. We hope with the recent diet changes we can see a drastic improvement at tomorrow's weigh in.
Zoe has a couple of important appointments coming up in the next few weeks. First, she has an eye appointment, to check if the vessels in her eyes have finally matured and hopefully were not damaged by the oxygen she was on while in the hospital. Second, Zoe will be going in for blood tests, urine tests, and an EEG to see what is going on with her brain. We are praying that things stabilize up there or heal. The tests will hopefully show what is currently going on, possible causes, and potential outcomes. All three are scary to think about so we continue to rely on the Lord.
Zoe's day to day seems great, when she is not spitting up like Old Faithful. We continue to exercise and do our therapy to keep her on track with her developmental milestones. March 11th will be her one month "corrected age" (age if she had been born to term). We hope to see things like, the startle reflex, gazing at faces for brief moments, and grasping on to fingers as a reflex.
We continue to be amazed by our little miracle and thankful for each day.
Kimberly
4 comments:
Zoe, your newest picture is adorable. I'll bet your Mommy has fun putting outfits on you and taking those cute pictures. Keep eating and gaining weight. Those milestones will be reached in Zoe time. We are praying for you and your parents. God Bless. Dave & Gayle
Kimberly and Phil, I pray things continue to go well with Zoe. Babies urp up all the time. I remember Hans just shooting formula at times. I don't know why. I hope that this is all just normal everyday routine things but with Zoe, you are probably always looking for the news that something is wrong. YOu know, come to think of it, I was with Luke. If Zoe had been your second or third born you'd have something to compare it with. I think the doctors are always going to give you the worst case scenario. Better run, I"ve been feeling under the weather.....you're all in our prayers.(especially Zoe)....Karen Thomford
she's the sweetest baby! She's beautiful. Showed her pic to great grandma casmer, who's still in the hosp. She loves the pic! We all send our love and prayers.
Many kisses and hugs to you little one!
Aunt Sharon &
Great-Grandma Casmer
Zoe and family, know the prayers continue here from Safford, AZ. I pray all goes well with all the up and coming tests. Love the pictures of you and your outfits, Pat Kuhn
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