Ava's continuing to get better, she's up to drinking a little short of 2 ounces every 3 hours. She has stopped losing weight and should start gaining weight soon. This is about the goal amount of intake before a baby is able to go home from the NICU.
One of the other rules of the NICU is that she has to be moved from the warmer isolette to a regular crib, doing all her own work to keep herself warm. After two days in a regular crib, she's OK, from that standpoint, for discharge.
All in all, she's shown a lot of improvement over the past couple days. There's still work to do, but it feels like there's a light at the end of the tunnel. The goal has been home this coming weekend, here's hoping that comes true.
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