8/17/06 - The ball is rolling, but maybe a little too fast... During their rounds this morning the surgeons decided to drastically increase the volumes of milk Taylor is getting. Instead of yesterday's plan of 5cc (1 teaspoon) increases every nine hours we are jumping to 50 cc almost instantly and with two more big jumps will be at 80 cc by tomorrow morning. All this is great news for getting Taylor home from the hospital, the catch is that during her feedings last night she was only taking ~20 cc orally and the rest was being pushed through her feeding tube. I think it is safe to say we are both overwhelmed a little bit. We want to go home, but we really don't want to be tube feeding her for any extended period of time. Pray that things would "slow down" for us, not necessarily physical time, but at least mentally (if that makes any sense). Pray that Taylor would develop stamina for extended feedings, a hunger to eat more and more, and that as her stomach and digestive system are stretched and worked through these larger feedings everything would remain healthy and functioning correctly.