Well, it has been quite an eventful week. It seems like the days and weeks go by so fast. Yesterday was especially eventful. We woke up and noticed that Kate's NJ tube has come out yet again. SERIOUSLY!!! Well, at least it wasn't mommy and daddy's fault this time :) Anyway, Kate had an appointment with her cadiologist yesterday at Primary's, so we were able to get her into Radiology to have have it put back in. I think our biggest challenge with having Kate home is monitoring that darn feeding tube. Anyway, things went well and we were even able to meet one of Kate's nurses for lunch. Nurse Katie was amazed at how much Kate has changed since she left the hospital.
Kate's cadiology appointment went really well. She is now up to 8 lbs. 2 oz. and 20 inches long. She has almost doubled her birth weight and has grown 4 1/2 inches. It is so wonderful that she is growing and making progress each day.
Today, Grandma Roper came up and we took Kate to her appointment with the plastic surgeon. He seems to think she is ready to have the prosthetic devise put in to close off the gap on her cleft pallet. The procedure should only take about 1 hour, but Kate will have to be sedated :( It should be a quick recovery though....just 24 hours she'll have to stay in the hospital. By having this procedure, it will allow Kate to be able to better suck from a bottle and it will act as a retainer to help close the gap. That way, by the time she has the major surgery to fix the pallet the gap will be much smaller and easier to close off completely. The doctor thinks she will be ready by the first of December.
After Kat'e's appointment we went down to see Great Grandma and Grandpa Christensen in Orem. They were so excited to see her.
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