Saturday, Dec 15

Today was a big day for us. Addison started feeding on her own from a bottle around 2:00 am and has eaten every ounce of food we've given her since then. This afternoon, she started breast feeding with Rachel and picked it up like she had been doing it for years! She's eating so much that they pulled the feeding tube out of her tummy. They dropped the oxygen levels that she is breathing, which means her lungs are getting stronger and healthier, and they pulled the continuous fluids from the I.V. She is still getting antibiotics through the I.V. and will be receiving them until the 20th at least. She is jaundiced, so she is laying under what most people would consider to be a tanning bed, so she will come home looking like she's been on the beach for a week.

Rach and I are being discharged from the hospital tonight, but we have a beautifully equipped parent room complete with a twin bed, a fold-out cot, and a shower that might have warm running water. All for the price of $25 /night. What a deal! One of the doctors here said that "the room is great...because it's close." Since Rach is on strict orders to breast feed every three hours, that will certainly be helpful. More to come...