Last night the update that follows came from Adam. My heart was continuing to ask God to give Charli the stamina and strength and alertness to drink her whole bottle! Today while we were visiting with the Vaughan family they received such an exciting call from Candi, their nurse. She was updating them that Charli had received her 3rd full bottle today! (and she had one last night too). Please keep praying that she will take her full feeding. This is what is now standing between her and getting to go home with her precious family!!! You will see below that the tests that have been done could lead to surgery for Charli. That is why we are asking God to continue to heal her and strengthen her. Thank you for interceding for Charli!

Last night Adam said "as for our appointment with the doctor, nurses and social worker... it was more of a time for us to ask questions. they conducted three days worth of testing on Charli this week. Monday was a 24 hour pH test (acid test). Tuesday was another barium swallow study, and Wednesday was an upper GI exam. The results show that there is definitely reflux, but there's some confusion about the degree of confusion. The tests were also done as a prerequisite to one of the surgeries Charli will possibly need. unless God wills for Charli to start taking all of her bottles, she will need a G-tube (feeding tube) put into her stomach. this would allow us to bring Charli home sooner, and we could feed her through it. another procedure (a little more scary) that is a possibility, but hopefully a little less likely is something called a, "Fundus." That's the shortened version b/c it's too complicated to pronounce (or type). It is a procedure where the surgeon either partially wraps or completely wraps part of Charli's stomach around her esophagus. Actually, it would be tied around her esophagus to significantly reduce the amount of reflux / acid from coming up. She will have to be put back on oxygen obviously. That's another negative. Our doctor warned us that insurance companies start to get more aggressive when a baby is at Charli's gestational age and still in the hospital. The crazy thing is that we had a call from our insurance company as soon as we got home! Anyways, we're hoping and praying that Charli girl will start taking more of that milk on her own. That's our main prayer right now. We'll see how she progresses over the next few days. The staff has still be great with us, and we're so grateful."