"Breast"fast of Champions.........

Today was a HUGE day for little man and for our family.......

First, it was the first time in 127 days that my sweet baby was able to drink milk from my breast. Because of his high oxygen needs, he was unable to drink orally and all last week he got a chance to take to the bottle. He did fairly well drinking about half a feeding worth of formula/breastmilk. Well today was the first day they allowed me to try and let him feed from my breast. I had to use a nipple shield so that he could grab a hold of it as his suck may not be that strong, and boy oh boy did this kid take to my breast like a champ. He was high satting the entire time, sucking, swallowing and breathing awesome, and completely relaxed as a noodle. He nodded off a bit on the left breast, and switched him over and he sucked right away on the next without skipping a beat. WOW.....cant believe we had to wait so long for this moment. Hope he keeps this up cause let me tell you, I would LOVE to eventually feed him full time this way. Only time will tell but we are off to a great start.............


Next on the agenda was later that evening. Because Viola is on a delayed vaccination schedule, they will not let her back into the NICU so my sweet daughter and sweet son have never even met each other. 127 days without ever even laying eyes on each other.....well that all changed tonight. She knows who he is, she sees tons of pictures, she asks about him all the time, and just this morning she actually said "Mommy, I want Brudder Turstin come home".....awwww my sweet angel. So the director of the NICU arranged for Viola to be able to see Thurston through the glass of the door when you enter the NICU. It is a HUGE production, especially since he is still on oxygen, they had to jump through some hoops but boy was it worth it. We took video and pics, and Thurston was pretty upset the whole time poor guy. He just doesnt like change too much(must get that from daddy :)) but yea, it was a good day, the light at the end of the tunnel is getting a little bit closer each and every day....