UPDATE:
so our little angelynn is now taking mommy's breast milk
the NICU nurse says she takes in about 8.5ml during a 24 hour period.
And good ol mommies magic milk makers are doing about 10ml every 3-5 hours! WOOHOO
All the nurses say she is doing extremely well for how premature she is.
I'm sure it's partial thanks to everyone's hopeful thoughts, love and prayers.
She does have PDA? apparently it's a heart murmer, a valve that should be closed, hasn't.
But after talking with the nurses, it's not such a big deal. 99.9% of all premature babies have it.
There is a medication to help it close naturally, or if not,.. there is surgery,.. but apparently it is very low risk.
Procedure:
As the nurse described,...
the doctors will make a small incision on the left side,.. they will purposely collapse that lung,.. pinch the vein/artery the valve is supposed to stay closed with a staple-type-thing,. re-inflate the lung, and close up the incision.
Apparetly the whole procedure might take all of 30min,.. really only 5 min for the operation,.. the rest for prep.
I'm not sure what happens to the staple/pinch thingy,.. I think it just dissolves? I'm not sure about that part. But i do know they don't have to remove it.
The artery that gets pinched,.. just turns into muscle
But the worst case scenario surgery isn't the only option yet,.. she still has a few more days of medication yet.
Glad you are feeling better 
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