Nov 5

I received special permission for mom to hold carissa when I was gone, so I spent the afternoon of nov 4 till afternoon of november 5 at home, and Oma got her cuddles in. When I got back they told me I could start non-nutritive breastfeeding! I pumped, and then nursed Carissa. She did amazing! They weighed her before and after, so we knew she drank 28 mls, they gave her the other 10mls in a bottle. I was allowed to do this once a shift. Just before the 7:00 shift change the nurse noticed a red streak from her IV live, so they took it out. they decided to leave it out since she is what they call a "hard poke" (each IV or PICC has taken 5-6 attempts) and she is close enough to full feeds to be OK without it.