Snuggle Bug gets crabby!

For a week now I have had no food! They feed me, and then they don't.... they feed me, and then they don't! Would they just make up their minds!?!?!? At my age (33 weeks) I can associate sucking with food; but no matter how hard I suck on that pacifier, I do not get one drop of food!!! I overheard them saying that the EARLIEST that they would feed me would be Friday. And here is why.....

Yesterday the doctors did a CT-scan and found that my intestines were dilated. This has been happening for a little while now, and when my intestines are dilated it absorbs the fluid in my stool, leaving dry stool in my intestinal tract. In other words... I am REALLY constipated. The doctors decided to give me an enema to help me out. Well it worked for a little bit, because I was able to push out some little poopletts that looked like dried rabbit pellets. This enema will take a few hours to work its way out of my system and so the doctor is going to wait until Friday to feed me.

Well even though I am not eating anything, I am still retaining water... in fact, 5 ounces of water. I gained so much water weight the other day, mom said I couldn't open my little eyes. The doctor did give me lasiklis (the meds that make you pee a whole bunch!) to help me lose some of the water. They will not do another treatment of this because my potassium levels have been going up, the last time they checked my blood work. I am filling out nicely though, without the water (mommy says I am starting to have little rolls on my arms). At my last weigh in, I weighed 3 pounds 5 ounces.

The other thing the doctors are going to try not to do to me is another blood transfusion. I am building up cells on my own now, and they are afraid that if I get a blood transfusion, I will have too much blood cells in me at a time.

So if so many things are looking up, why did I title this stop on my journey "snuggle bug gets crabby"? Well I haven't been fed and mom and daddy have been noticing me crying a lot more. In fact, I was so agitated the other day when dad was in to see me, one of the nurses came over to check on me because I was crying so loud! I am learning what I want, and how to get it.... if only I could have it!

Well I have to go! I am very tired from all this whining!

Love you all!
Riley