Madden's Birth

Madden Elizabeth Oliver was born on 11/22/11 at 5:56pm.  She weighed in at 6lbs 12oz with lots of long curly hair!  We couldn't have been more proud and more blessed to have such a beautiful child.

Soon after Madden was born we found out that she couldn't get anything through to her tummy.  She attempted to eat and instead it came out of her nose.  We found out the night she was born that she had a Trachea/Esophageal Fistula. Her trachea and esophagus were attached and the esophagus did not connect to her tummy.  Madden spent her first night in the NICU where they began to run tests to make certain she had none of the other anomalies that usually accompany the TE fistula.

On Wednesday 11/23 we received the wonderful news that Madden had no other problems that typically could occur in the spine, heart, radial bones, kidneys, and bowels.  She was rushed into surgery to correct her TE fistula at 1:00pm and came out of a successful surgery around 4:30pm.