November 17th Update

Madison is consistent in her progress. She is a super star!!! By this morning she was up to 24 cc's of food per feeding and is not being fed fluids thru her IV anymore. Mommy has been home 2 days now and is still battling high blood pressure numbers, but is so glad to be out of the hospital and in her own bed.
By evening Madison had made some new impressive progress. She had reached 27 cc's and gained 2 ounces from the day before. She is now weighing 3lbs 10.8 ounces. The nurses also took out Maddies IV and the only thing she has in now is her feeding tube. The suck, swallow, breathe skill is something babies are stronger at by their 34th week, but already little Madison is showing off this skill. The nurses try to bottle feed once a day to give her the opportunity to practice this, and she is already proving to have it down. However, because it takes so much energy she usually falls asleep before she's eaten her serving. Both Lance and Kim were able to hold Maddie for about 10 minutes yesterday. It was worth every second! She's such a little sweetie and we love her so much. Seeing her is all we think about now.