Milk Please.

Over the last four days, little Ella has made some excellent progress.

Her feedings have resumed, starting with pedialyte (a sterile eloctrolyte-water solution) which is pumped slowly into her stomach through a tube. Very little residuals and no green bile in her stomach confirmed that the stuff was moving down the line. Sooo, they started her on very small amounts of breast milk on Saturday.

Seedy Mustard Poo on Sunday! This is the ultimate confirmation that her surgery went well and her bowels are working. Relief. Since then, her feeds have been increasing in volume - 3ccs an hour, up to 4cc/hr today. Still getting most of her nutrition from the IV, but going in the right direction. For babies this size, she would have to get up to about 2 oz per feeding which comes out to about 15ccs/hr.

Other stuff - she is finally off of her morphine and versed pain meds, all of her IVs except for the main line have been removed, she is back in a big kid crib, and can wear her ever-expanding wardrobe of pink outfits and blankets. She is up to 4lbs 4oz.