Well, yesterday I was so excited because the Doctors decided to give feeding a try. Dominic had pulled out his suction tube (and smiled at the nurses while he was at it), so they just decided to leave it out. I got to give him his first bottle- very small, only 5cc's but they have to start out slow. He just sat there for about 5 minutes with the bottle in his mouth not quite knowing what to do, but as soon as he sucked he understood and the bottle was empty in no time. He did really well and didn't spit up at all with that or the next one so we were getting hopeful that he could continue. When I went in this morning they told me that Dominic had thrown up some bile and still hadn't pooped since eating, so the tube goes back in. It's disappointing but we knew this would probably happen, and that he could go back and forth with this a lot so we just have to keep optimistic about it all. Now we're just waiting for the amount of bile to slow and for it to clear in color again, as it's now back to a darker green. His intestines just aren't ready to fully work yet, but hopefully soon.
Please keep Dominic in your prayers for fast healing so that we can take our little guy home. Thank you for all the continued support!
Stephanie
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