When Lily's blood sugars continued to be low, even after receiving dextrose through her IV, breast milk, formula and an extra dose of sugar, they started looking at other things. Turns out her cortisol level is too low (a hormone that helps regulate blood sugar). So yesterday she received 3 doses of cortisone, today she got 2 and tomorrow she'll get 1. And since it's working, hopefully she'll get to come home after the last dose.
When we came down to see her this morning, poor little Lily had an IV in her head. Took at least 3 nurses and an hour to do it. Not long after that, that IV went bad, so they took it out and let her be IV free. But even without the extra dextrose, she's still keeping her blood sugars up. Our biggest struggle right now is keeping her awake long enough to eat. She's kinda lazy. So fun though to see her when she is awake. Her eyes are huge and with her head full of hair, she's just adorable. She made her first internet debut webcaming with the family and she was a hit. She just doesn't remember it since she slept through it.
According to Aaron, she looks like Jasmine in Aladdin because of her big beautiful eyes and dark hair. She doesn't have a magic carpet, but she does have a swaddling blanket. And she doesn't have a tiger, but in the near future we'll take her to the zoo to see one.