The girls are doing fantastic in the NICU! Over the last week we had a few hiccups but over all they are proving to be fighters. Ella this week has given us the biggest scares. About 2 days after her birth she still hadn’t gone poopy. They did scans on her belly looking for infection and held her feeds. Fortunately everything came back normal and the next day…..well she cleaned herself out. After going of the CPAP on day 2 had to go back on because she was having way too many apenic events. The started her on caffeine and once that peaked she was able to go back to the nasal canula. They have weaned her down from 4 liters to 2 liters and her alarms are virtually silent now. She has had her feeds increased to half and ounce every 3 hours. After her poop we haven’t hear a peep from her. She is our teeny one. She just looks so much more fragile then her sister. She loves to sleep with her arms above her head like super man. Her hair is getting blonder and blonder. She looks an awful lot like her Uncle TJ. She is definitely Mottinger. Today we found out that she has a teeny tiny bleed on her brain, most likely from all the pressure of plugging up the cervix. The doctors don’t seem concerned as her blood levels are normal and neurological exam is negative. They will re-scan in a week. We are trying not to worry until then.
Hailey girl is a little more vocal then her sister. Who we kiddin… she is loud! Girlfriend can bring down the house when she wants. She also had the same GI issues as her sister but that has resolved and her feeds are up to half an ounce every 3 hours. She is a little more difficult to tell who she looks like. She definitely has my lips but George says she has a Bunker dome. She loves to move. She will be totally knocked out but her legs are going. She looks like she’s ridding a bike. She did this in my belly too! Her brain scan was clean but they will re-scan her again just to be safe.
Each day both girls are more and more alert. They will open their eyes when they hear our voices. OK well maybe just when they hear daddy’s voice but I’m not jealous. I’m glad they have that bond with him. I got to hold them together today for the first time. I was in 7th heaven. At first they were holding pinkies, like “We pinky promise not to tell mom what you did.” I hope they are best friends. I can’t believe just a week ago they were in my belly! We love them more then we ever thought possible. I can’t wait to see them grow up, but I’m already a little sad that they will never be 1 week old again. Hopefully they keep going the speed they are going and they’ll be home where we can snuggle them any time we want soon!
No comments:
Post a Comment