A Good Day

Another good day for sweet little Ivy. Yesterday she had a feeding tube placed in her nose and down to her intestines. They started feeding her my breast milk (finally), only 1 cc at a time (a VERY small amount) to see if she handles it okay. Today they increased the amount to 2 cc's and will increase it by 1 cc every 12 hours from now on, so she must be tolerating it okay. A couple of other big steps happened today. She had 3 drainage tubes in her body, to drain excess fluid and blood, but today they took out the 2 smaller tubes, which was so great. They also removed her catheter so she can pee on her own again. Later this evening they are also going to remove the IV that has been in her belly button since birth, and they decreased the amount of air going into her oxygen tube, and are hoping to be able to take it out in a day or two. We are really excited for that to happen since it means we can hold her again. Anyway in a matter of about 3 days she has lost 6 tubes/cords and only gained a feeding tube. Hopefully things continue to go this well.