Day +52: ramping up the food intake

Mina Brigitta still had a low-grade fever this morning, but was in fine spirits. She wasn't particularly energetic, but was alert and interactive most of the day. I think she's still recovering a bit from the surgery, plus she's on less steroids so she's not as amped up. The biggest and best news from today is that she's starting to eat. Her liver function tests are starting to get a little out of whack again, and the doctors are once again suspecting the IV nutrition. They'd like to get her weaned off of it as soon as she's ready, and even asked for a feeding tube to be inserted while she was in surgery. She threw that up yesterday, but we're pretty motivated now to try to get her to eat. Today she had milk (lactose-free) three times, some baby sweet potatoes which she seemed to enjoy, and some rice. We're going to bring her along slowly, but it helps a lot that she's showing some interest.

Isaac spent the morning with Chris and Carol, who left for Paris at 10:00. Then Amber picked him up around 1:00, so I had a chance to do some work from home in the afternoon. He's been a little bit snuffly the last few days, but no fever or other symptoms. Except his drooling, which he seems to have turned up to another level. We think he's teething, but are keeping the kids apart just in case.