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Thank you both for the replies!
A little background is she was born at 24wks in April, was in the hospital until August. THen re-hospitalized in December because she was not gaining weight and was not eating. They (the hospital) found that when the mother came to visit her, she would try to feed her..but would get upset because the child would not eat. Then in Jan. the mother stopped visiting and has only been 2 times since then. So, the child was considered abandoned.
What I think is a good thing, is she isn't attached to her bio-parents. There is some small attachment to the staff at the hospital, but nothing that we can not handle. It is also, sad..because at her age, some sort of attachment to a mother should have already been built.
The "Failure to Thrive", so we are told is not due to any medical issue, but more of a mental thing of not wanting to live. Now that the birth mother has stopped visiting, they have made some progress with her. The hope is that once she is in our home, that she will continue to thrive and we can eventually do away with the G-tube.
I appreciate all the information and avice you have given me and believe me..I am taking it all in.
~Jess
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