Today was a fun day for Zoe and Jason and I- and a very busy one. We had lots of people in town to see Zoe. Sara and Greg stopped by again with their daughter Lily, who we can't wait to have play with Zoe. Jason's buddy Jeff was in town from L.A., one of my best friends Tamra and her fiancé Jorge, and my brother Micah and sister-in-law Becca all came to see us today. Zoe was having a great really stable day again so it was perfect timing. Dr. Huston decided not to try her on C-PAPP today but to give her another day or so since her carbon dioxide levels were a bit high and they had just started feeding her. This was fine with me, because this way everyone can see how cute she is when she's on C-PAP most of her face is covered. Anyways, everybody got to spend a little time with Zoe and shower her with love- I'm not sure there has ever been a more loved baby. We all had a great dinner out tonight at Deschutes Brewery since Zoe was doing great and finally asleep. She has turned into a bit of an insomniac, apparently a combination of the withdrawal from morphine and just being asleep for a month and now feeling like a month old baby. It was great to have a bit of normalcy in the midst of all the chaos and uncertainty.
Zoe's having some difficulty processing the breast milk which is not unexpected considering her stomach has not been used for 6 weeks and that her organs are still sorting themselves out. They are planning on discontinuing her IV of breast milk tonight for a few days and just deal with Zoe's respiratory issues. Not a big deal, I'd much rather get all the respiratory things under control before stressing about feedings.