Update for Tuesday, March 15

Katherine has had a busy few days. She now weighs 2 pounds, 14 ounces. Early yesterday morning, Katherine received her second blood transfusion to bring up her red blood cell count to a more appropriate level. She also had an ultrasound yesterday afternoon that revealed a small, Grade I bleed in her head. Overall, a bleed in the head is a serious condition, but this is a small one, and more importantly, it's not an intraventricular bleed - rather, it's a small area of blood in the lining of the ventricular wall of the brain. They consider it more like a bruise that they hope will resolve itself eventually. They will do another ultrasound in a week or two to monitor her progress. Paul visited with her in the morning, and since it was my first day back at work, and the hospital is a mere 10 minutes from me, I had a quick visit at lunchtime, and a more lengthy visit in the evening. So, yesterday was a big day for Katherine, and the night nurse said she wasn't quite herself last night. Whether it was from being a bit over stimulated, or from something else, they've ordered some bloodwork today to make sure she's not beginning to fight an infection of some sort. Perhaps she was just tired after such a busy day. We'll update again when we have any new information.