Sweetheart,
Today was a really good day for you. The only thing that bummed out Daddy and I is the fact that they didn't let us take you home yet. They wanted to watch you for another day while they increased your feeds a little bit more. Daddy and I decided to be patient, but it crossed our minds to just take you home.
You were tolerating your feedings just fine and seemed a bit fussy around noonish so we decided to try you with a bottle again. We were so pleased when you took 7 cc's no problem! Remember that yesterday you only took 5 cc's, so we felt like you were making progress. Then around 6pm you were real fussy again, so we got you another bottle and this time we were in awe, you took 50 cc's! Yes, 50!!! That is almost 2 ounces. It was so wonderful. We asked the doctors to switch you from continuous feeding to getting your food every 3 hours so we could work on bottle feeding with you. The only sad part was that you did throw up just a little bit after awhile, but it wasn't too much...you might have had just a little too much in your tummy at that point. So three hours later we tried you again with a bottle and you took 54 cc's before you tired out. Since they want you to take 81 cc's per feeding they put the rest down into your tummy through your nose tube. It was so encouraging to see you feeding from a bottle again!
You also started talking again today. You were doing the really cute babbling that you were doing before the surgery started. We loved hearing your voice again.
God continues to work a miracle in your life sweetheart. We are grateful and so encouraged. Thank you everyone for praying, we serve an awesome God who deserves all the glory for Mia's continued progress and healing.
Tonight we want to ask everyone to pray for a friend of yours in the PICU. His name is baby Gabriel. He's going through something very similar to you in that he's had seizures and now has some brain damage. His parents want him to be healed also. We believe that God can heal him just like He is healing you. So please pray for baby Gabriel. Pray that he would see his parents and know them, pray that his arms and legs would work right, and pray that he would learn to suck again and take a bottle also.
We love you all of it sweetheart,
Mommy and Daddy
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