FINALLY!

The waiting game is OVER. Izzy has pooped quite a few times, and they took out the suction tube and are now feeding her tiny amounts of pedialite out of a bottle every 6 hours. They put in a feeding tube this morning, but since she ate out of the bottle just fine, they took it out! So the only things Isabelle has on her now is her PICC line and her heart rate and respiratory monitors. No annoying tubes in her nose/mouth! Oh, and did I mention we upgraded to a crib this morning?

Check it out:


Everything is finally starting to look up again!

I almost forgot. I gave her a sponge bath for the first time last night. It was pretty hilarious. She cried at first, but with the help of her binkie and a made-up lullaby, she finally relaxed. 

I can pick her up without the help of a nurse now so I get to hold her at my own discretion (which ROCKS). 

I just want to thank everyone for all the support, prayers, kind words, and hopeful thoughts directed towards my daughter and I. Honestly everything has been going so much better than we had been told to expect and I can't think of any other reason for it than all the good prayers and thoughts being sent to us. Hopefully we'll be out of here sooner than later, but we're taking it one day at a time.