Triumphant!...

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We went back to the pediatrician's office again today, and Casey gained 7 ounces in the past 7 days... bumping her up to 7lbs, 7oz!!!

VICTORY! Goal! Score! Touchdown! Eureka!

Can you tell that I'm wicked excited?? It's just that I've let my worries compound significantly over the past week, and by the time we drove to Red Lion Pediatrics today, I was a mess. When Tee Jay first began to lay Casey on the digital scale, I saw the readout as "7, 4.5" and I said out loud, "WHAT?!?!?! She's only 7lbs, 4.5oz and we haven't even taken off her diaper yet???" But within seconds, Tee Jay had the diaper removed and fully taken his hold out from under the baby - and when I read the actual weight as "7, 7.0," I was so thrilled I almost cried.

GREAT JOB, BABY GIRL!!!

Dr. Tang has said that she is officially "liberating" us and allowing Casey to sleep when she needs to (we have SUCH a hard time waking her in the middle of the night) and eat when she wants... whether that's 20 minutes or 4 hours after her last feeding.

In other news, Casey is still a little yellow, so we had to head downstairs to the lab for yet another heel prick (she's had way too many of those already). We should know both her bilirubin level AND liver function results tomorrow. The bloodwork will most probably tell us that she has some lingering "breastmilk jaundice," which is nothing to worry about. It just means that we need more time for my breastmilk and her nursing to even themselves out and negate the jaundice.

The ever-so-slight (and improbable) possibility that her jaundice is related to some sort of liver dysfunction is one we won't worry about at this point. It's much more unlikely, and we're just thrilled to know that our baby finally seems to be thriving!