Finally the milky way!

Alright, so today Madison's milk feed was up to 10ml/hr!!!  They are increasing it 3ml/day or 1ml/8hrs!  Full feeds for her weight is 19ml/hr.  They should be at full feeds by Monday, which means her PICC gets to come out!!!  We are so happy for that because it is such a pain to have all of lines and cords in the way when you are trying to cuddle her!  They are also going to be removing her oxygen saturation monitor so that is one less cord as well. They said that we can also detach her cardiac and respiratory leads while we hold, and although she doesn't need them, the nurses said it can't hurt while the leads are there anyways.  Today they also did an echocardiogram to look at the holes in her heart, the results will not be back until sometime next week.  Madison's omphalocele is looking great, and feeling even better; the sides are all really firm now, we are still struggling with the one pink spot we mentioned in a previous blog, but aside from that, all looks well.
Today the nurses wanted me to try nursing Madison, after I pumped so that she would only get a small amount, and we were all ready and Madison was awake, yet settled, and then I got her in position and within 2 seconds, she was asleep!  Fast asleep!  Silly baby!  So we will try again tomorrow.
P.S.  A huge thank you to Jenny for the yummy turkey supper, and turkey soup!  We have eaten both now, Tyler just couldn't wait one more day!  We haven't had the spaghetti yet, but looking forward to it!  Also a big thank you to Erin, Darcy, Katie, and Sam for the mysterious package I found at the back door!! We haven't eaten the lasagna yet, but you know Tyler has already been into the muffins!  The book is adorable and I can't wait to read it to Maddy!  Thanks to all of you guys for your thoughtfulness!!!    We love you all, almost as much as your cooking!! Just kidding, we love you more then food, well at least I do!! (Don't tell Tyler I wrote that!)

Getting ready to nurse, or so we thought!

Who wants a hug?!