10/18/10 - 4:00 pm

So far things have been looking good.  I got up to the hospital around noon and so far the Poopy Queen has made 5 poopy diapers.  I know I haven't been on diaper duty in a little while, but doesn't that seem to be a record number?  Not only is she making a lot, man are they stinky!  Most likely this is due to the fact that the doctors have increased Riley's calories from 28 to 30 and they also increased her volume from 12.5 ml to 13 ml per hour.  That extra 1/2 ml really seems to be making her go.  Hopefully this will show in her weight when they do her stats tonight.

Riley was checked out by Dr. Salit from the Thomas Eye Group this morning and Dr. Salit said that Riley's eye's look "perfect".  She'll need to be checked up on again in about 4 months, so since we are there already with Zoey, maybe we can get both girls on the same schedule.  One can only hope.

I am waiting around for the GI doc bcause he will hopefully be the answer man too.  The nurses think that we won't see the doc until late afternoon, early evening, but that's okay.  I've got some trashy magazines to occupy my time.  Hopefully we will get some good news and some answers.

Also on the good news front, the Case Manager was here checking out Riley's file for insurance purposes and she informed me that due to Riley's condition, she may qualify for Medicaid.  This would be super awesome because if she does, that would cover anything that our insurance doesn't cover.  Please keep your fingers crossed on that, becasue heaven only knows what this bill will look like.  My guess is that it will be one of those heart stopping kind of bills