Progress

By the time the doctor made her rounds today Brooklyn had taken 2 bottles by mouth. This is a huge step for her. Up until the last few days she been too sleepy to eat and had yet to develop the ability to suck, swallow and breathe.  Over the last 48 hours she has slowly started to realize what it means to want a full tummy.  So as of early this afternoon she is now on her own schedule.  She now determines when she eats and also how much she eats. Whereas before it was a required feeding schedule of every 3 hours & 62cc's for each feeding with whatever she didn't finish from the bottle would be feed to her through the NG tube.  If she continues to do well with her feeds over the next 24 hours her tube will come out!!! And then the next step would be to come home.  Oh what happy news for this Momma!!!