Madison's first day

First off, I want to thank everyone for their comments, your care, love and support is stong, and we apreciate it. Today was sooo busy and exhausting for Madison and ourselves. Meg was not feeling well this morning, every time she tried to sit up she would get dizzy and have to lay down. She was getting upset because she wanted to see Madison so bad, but her body did not want to cooperate. After a lot of effort, determination and a couple of hours we were on our way. When we got there they were in the middle of an ultasound of her heart, and ushered us away. Meg had only seen her for a brief moment the day before, so she was understandably upset. We went back later with grandma McGuire, who jut arrived from Ontario. We got to spend a lot of quality time with her, and our day nurse was very helpful. Because of the omphalocele, we can not pick her up, but we can touch her. The omphalocele is about the size of an orange and is contained in a sac. She has gone pee and poop, so things are working, what a relief! They have her in a special little bed that has a heater, humidifer, and a roof that raises up. She is hooked up to all kinds of monitoring equipment. She ripped out two IVs until they got a pic line in, she is a little fighter! She has long fingers and long feet and a tiny little body. She is also breathing on her own which is awesome! For now they are dressing the omphalocele with some type of dressing and what looks like saran wrap! They say she is doing well. My parents came in the afternoon, and got to meet Madison for the first time. We found out that grandparents are the only ones allowed in the NICU unit, no brothers or sisters. Strict! You also have to scrub with a soapbrush for 2 min before you can enter. Anyway by the end of the day a lot of doctors and nurses had poked and handled Madison. She had a long day and was tired when we said goodnight to her. I am going to go to bed my self, it is late. Pictures will be coming when I get home, I am writing in the blog from my phone, and can't upload pics.