So Close

Lawson had a big day today. He got moved to a more private area of the TCN, since we're there so often, pumping and practicing 'lick and learn'. The spot he was in yesterday was directly in front of the nurses station, so every time we closed the curtains, it took up half of the walking space in front of their desk. So now we have much more room and privacy. This morning we tried 'lick and learn' by ourselves. He did OK, but wasn't really interested, maybe because he wasn't hungry. Then this afternoon, during his meeting with speech, he was able to take 7 ml through the bottle nipple! Both speech and lactation think that he's ready to try breastfeeding for real tomorrow! I'm soooo excited! This evening, Dr. Rice came and removed his broviac!!! Lawson handled it beautifully. So now he doesn't have anything in his body execpt the gavage feeding tube, which goes in his nose, down his throat, and into his stomach. Hopefully it will be gone soon too . . .