We had a really good weekend!

First I want to thank everyone that came out or supported us in the March for Babies walk this Saturday.  We ended up having 14 people walking for Team Eliana and we raised a total of $630!  The weather was wonderful and the rain held off until long after the walk was over.  I haven’t heard the total raised from the Knoxville walk, but there was a great turn out!

Little Miss Eliana had a rather great weekend as well.  She finally gave up the oxygen hood!  As of 2:30 am on Saturday the hood was removed and has not returned!!!  This is HUGE!  This was really the last big hurdle. Since it has been removed she has managed to keep her O2 Sats up, with just the occasional dip, which she recovers from quickly.

Now it is all about taking bottles and gaining weight.  They also changed from every other to two of every three for her feedings.  Meaning, she gets two bottles and then one feeding through the tube, so about 5 – 6 bottles per day.  As of today she is still doing really well with the bottles and not having any issues.

On Saturday night she was weighing in at 3 lbs, 10 oz.  However, due to the additional bottles she lost a little and weighed 3 lbs, 8.5 oz last night.  That was something that we knew would probably happen due to the extra energy she is using on taking the bottles.  The next step with the feedings is all 8 bottles and they won’t do that until she is gaining weight again at her current schedule.

Obviously we can’t say exactly when she will be coming home, but it is definitely getting close.  We are estimating a few more weeks, but that could change – in either direction.

Oh, and she got her very first Pooh Bear from her daddy!

So, all in all it was just a wonderful weekend!!!