Ella 02/25 evening update

We just got back up to our room from the NICU.  It is all good news tonight.  I fed Ella a bottle (we have to feed her while she is on the lights, no holding) and she sucked it all right down and kept it down.  She has been eating well enough they haven't had to give her a feeding tube.  I also got to change her first poopy diaper.  This is huge.  The only way to eliminate the bilirubin is through stool so we told her to get pooping.   Her weight is up a little to 4 pounds 8 ounces (it was 4 pounds 6 ounces in the middle of the night last night). And her bilirubin is slowly going down.  I couldn't ask for better progress!