GETTING THERE

Just a quick update today. We don't do much at the hospital other than work on bottling. They don't have Ava hooked up to many monitors (they still keep her heart rate monitor on because I think they have to) but nothing other than that. She did have one choke last night at one of her feedings and I think it is because they had her on a three hour schedule and she wasn't awake enough to eat. They have changed her ad-lib schedule to whenever she shows cues with a max of four hours. She seems to do best with that. I bottled her at 2pm this afternoon and it was the best she has EVER done! She is starting to do the "normal" suck-swallow-breathe thing which is so nice to see. She doesn't do it the whole time, sometimes she just takes a break and breathes for a bit, but she'll get the hang of it soon! I would guess another day or two. The doctor told me today that we would make a decision together about her discharge date. We want her to ready but also for me to be comfortable. As long as she isn't choking a lot, I can handle the rest :-)