Another Reflux Test...

I just got home from seeing my princess about 30 minutes ago and she was so precious. Wide awake just looking at everything. I just talked to Darlene, Paisley's nurse and they started another reflux test around 2:00 p.m. This test is a lot different than the first one. The first test they did was an upper GI and they just fed her some barium and then put her under a little x-ray machine and looked to see how well the food traveled and stayed in the stomach. She has Grade 3 and Grade 4 is the worst. The test that they started today is a PH probe. This test is done by putting a thin tube with a sensor through her nose and into the esophagus. This measures the level of acid. The test will last a full 24 hours so hopefully we will know something tomorrow after the doctor looks over her charts from the test. We are so ready to find out exactly what needs to be done to get this reflux under control so that we can get her home. All the nurses say that her reflux is more than likely the reason she is still having the Brady's and that when she gets on medicine then they should stop all together. So that is what we are hoping and praying for. I was talking to the nurse last night and she said that all babies with Grade 4 reflux go home on monitors and most babies with Grade 3 reflux go home on monitors also. So we are looking at maybe having to bring her home on a monitor. In a way it is kind of scary to think that she is going to have to maybe be on a monitor at home, but then again it could be better her being on a monitor because if she wasn't on a monitor then we would worry all the time. Only time will tell! We are just ready to have her home, but we want her to be healthy before she gets home. Last night I got to feed her and she did great. NO BRADY'S OR DESATS! Her nurse had already bathed and weighed her and she weighed 5 lbs. 14 oz. She is getting so big. I know to most people they are like "ok thats not really that much" but when you started out at 2 lbs 4 oz. then went down to 1 lb. 13 oz. its more that what you would think. It is so amazing! She looks like a totally different baby now from when she was born. So everybody just pray that the doctors can get the reflux under control and that she can start her countdown soon so we can get her home at least before Christmas. We are ready to be out of the NICU!!!!

*Paisley giving Nana kisses*

*Nonnie holding Paisley for the 1st time*