Miracle on 24th St.

Hello all! I just wanted to give you all an update on Madison. Currently she is in the picu with her pain being managed with morphine, she has an iv and she is getting a small amount of oxygen through nasal prongs(NO BREATHING TUBE),she is also catheterized. Oh and I forgot to mention what she doesn't have...an omphalocele!!!!!! That's right folks it is all gone!! I know it's hard to believe, it still hasn't sunk in for us either. We are so happy! Dr. Eccles said that when she first took off the top she didn't think that she would be able to put it all in, but then once she got in there further everything just slipped in. Infact, what is pretty interesting is that all of the intestines had already made their way in, and the Only thing left to go in was the liver! Dr. Eccles gave Madison a belly button, but she thinks that it is too high, and Madison's scar is a little crooked because her defect was just made that way, so Dr. Eccles thinks that it might need to be fixed later on, but just for cosmetic purposes. After the surgery before we got to see Madison, Dr. Eccles came into the waiting room and she was so excited to tell us that she managed to get Madison all closed up, so excited that she brought us to the back to show us all of the pictures that she took along the way. She is going to use those pictures to help when she does prenatal consults, so she can help people who were like us... Scared and confused. Anyways, I cannot express to you all how excited I am to finally pick up my daughter and give her a hug, to hold her close and snuggle with her, to have her fall asleep on my chest, to carry her on my hip, to not have people stare at her, for her to wear clothes and have them look the way they are supposed to look, I am excited for her to be able to go in the pool, to have tummy time, and crawl!!! I am just so excited for Madison to be seen as the beautiful, smart, amazing baby that she is, instead of the baby with the omphalocele. I look forward to when I can take her the the family doctor and not have her cold be a possible symptom of her omphalocele!
Basically I just want to you to know that Madison is a miracle, and we are so thankful for her!!! We are hoping for a speedy recovery, please keep the prayers coming! We love you all!