dorriedorrie

Friday Weigh-In

Weight: 7.88kg (17lb 6oz)
Height: 61.5cm (24.21in)
Head: 43.5cm

So her weight and head remain on their 35-40% tracks for her adjusted age, while her height continues to lag behind. If she manages to hit 8kg next week, or at least increase, probably we need to look at increasing her calories again. Dr. Optimist and the nutritionist from the ICN think that with her BPD and everything she probably needs at minimum 85KCal/kg/day. At 8kg and 8 feeds per day (which we’d really like to reduce, but that’s not going to be happening in the next few weeks), that means she needs 85KCal per feed. We’re at 80KCal/feed — not too far off, but starting to slip. And that, of course, is only if she doesn’t throw up half the food before it’s digested.

All that I’ve read suggests that the pukies should improve as her length does, because her esophagus will get longer and also will drop down a bit so the food will have a harder time coming up. Of course, that is the dimension that is lagging behind! I’m hopeful that now that she’s been off the hydrocortisone for nearly 2 months now that her growth will get going again. It had just really started to take off back in Jan/Feb when she had to go back on and it all ground to a halt.

Posted by mom, under little fat fairy, our little witch