At 7:36 PM this evening Morella was officially discharged from the hospital. Her white blood count had dramatically improved this morning to 17 (normal is around 11). When she first went it was 30 ... or was it 40? In any case it was high. She had dramatic improvements with each consecutive day. The big concern today was whether or not she would ( Read more... )

Thank you again by your support! I am blown away by what a nice collective group of women you are. I wish I could throw you all a party ( Read more... )

Awww, you guys are all so sweet and considerate. Thank you. :)

After I posted yesterday, I had decided I was going to call the doctor. I got a chance to read the very speedy first two comments from sblmnldrknss and dragons_angel before I heard Morella stirring and went to wake her up. She was crying pathetically -- the soft "eh eh eh' cry and I gave her some milk to ( Read more... )

Uh oh. Maybe dropping to two pumps isn't such a good idea -- especially since she is drinking some milk ... when she is awake. I got only 7.5 ounces this morning ( Read more... )

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How much longer would a reasonable person pump milk that their baby is not drinking? It's been two weeks now -- but she is also in the throes of teething hell. Tim thinks I should just keep going going until her first birthday and then quit. Even though most of the milk is being dumped down the drain - but only after offering it to her three times ( Read more... )

Finally she is asleep. This was the worst night so far -- her second top tooth is coming through. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. She is just so miserable. I wish she would chew on stuff or want cold stuff or SOMETHING to help with this instead of crying ( Read more... )

Uff...another day another dollar...uh spent. Anyway. Thanks for the words of encouragement. I still felt pretty down today, but that got better. I did a search on google with the keyword "baby stopped drinking milk" and you know what I got? A TON of links and questions from Mom's in the same boat as I am! It would also seem that the biggest ( Read more... )

Sometimes I wish I could send her to someone that could help her. They would probably do a better job than me.

Hm. I wonder if I should still think of this as a strike?

Highlights from the Doctors appointment yesterday

• I like the new pediatrician.  She's young, energetic, she listens to me.  At the end she asked about Dr. Burk and I said "We just don't click.  I have been dealing with mediocrity for months for fear of something worse. It was finally time to ( Read more... )