Well, the ultrasound came back on Ella’s kidneys and they look normal. Great news!! The ECHO also came back on her heart and it looks like they are going to have to do surgery to fix her PDA (heart valve thingy). It seems to be a pretty routine procedure, but it’s not going to be real easy on her and they said that she will be pretty sick the next day or two afterward. They are not going to do it until her esophagus is healed, so they are supposed to do the contrast study hopefully by tomorrow. If it’s healed, it’s time for the surgery. The sooner the better since it’s not helping her respiration any. Also, once it’s complete and her esophagus is healed, the chest tube comes out! That would be awesome!! On a good note, Emma is doing great and eating up her mama’s breast milk. She’s probably back to her birth weight, in at a whopping 3.2 lbs! She looks so good, it’s incredible to us. We know her sister will look just like her once she can get healthy. We can’t wait to see them together again!!

Here’s a picture of the big Emma girl!