Life with the Rosenvall's wouldn't be complete without a little excitement. Kate was released from the hospital last Wednesday and we're really excited to have her home. Well, I ended up in the E.R. on Thursday as a result of a kidney stone. Bryan and I have to laugh because we must have some kind of attachment to hospitals : ) Anyway, it turns out the stone is about 3 times the size of a normal stone and I had to have it surgically removed. So, I spent the weekend drugged up on Percocet and had the surgery yesterday. Everything went well. Grandma Roper came up and stayed with Kate while Grandma Rosenvall and Bryan were with me in the hospital. In a way, it was kind of nice because we have been so nervous to leave her with anyone so this is the first time and she did great.Kate is doing much better since she came home from the hospital. We've come to realize that her main problem is her eating. During her stay at the hospital, we did some experimenting with her feeding. She still has the NG tube (in her stomach and not her intestines) and seems to be doing fine. We've decided to give her a little bit of a break from orally feeding her because she still seems to be pretty weak from her surgery. The great thing, though, is that she is gaining weight. On Friday, she was weighed at her doctor's appointment and is up to 14 1/2 lbs. She is finally on the charts with her weight and is in the 10% percentile....WAHOO!!! We are so grateful that her heart is functioning as well as it is. We've really noticed that she has much more energy now than before her surgery.
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