Caroline and I watched the sun come up again this morning. She is still nursing well, and bright and early the speech therapist came to evaluate whether or not she is ready to bottle feed. For those of you who know me well, you know how much I advocate breastfeeding. Single ventricle babies like Caroline need extra calories to grow and gain weight, so it seems like we are on the road to breastfeed about every third feeding. Please know that I had to FIGHT for those feedings, because I feel that they are important. We couldn't get anyone to give us a straight answer about when we may go home...big suprise. But, since she passed her first bottle feed test with flying colors (she was starving), hopefully the g-tube will be pulled soon. While all of this was going on, Matthew brought Parker to see me and "Baby Sister". This was the first time he has seen her, and he did remarkably well. He gave her kisses and read her stories. Hopefully he will do well even when we finally make it home.
Praise the Lord!!
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