Mom Is Home

It's Saturday morning and I'm typing this entry from my dining room table. I am finally home after a month long stay at SMDC. It feels good to be home. Now we can prepare for the day that Dillan and Tyler get to come home with us.

Here is an update on the kids. When we left yesterday both kids were breathing on their own. No ventilators, no c-paps, just a little oxygen in their nose and that's it. They are doing the rest of the work. I'm so proud of them already for being able to breathe that well at 28 weeks. They really are troopers.

They tried feeding Dillan some breast milk two days ago and she spit up a lot of it so they cut back on that with her for a day. Both kids got a meal of it yesterday and as of the time we left they both kept everything down well. The nurses thought the additional pressure of the c-pap that they were on was causing them upset bellies. Hopefully when we get there today we find that they are eating more on their own now that they don't have the extra c-pap on.

We went down to the NICU to say goodbye before we left the hospital last night and were pleasantly surprised that Tyler's nurse said he was acting up and she wanted us to calm him. She showed me how to cup his little hands and and his head and get him to calm down. What an awesome feeling. I showed Corey and he was able to do the same. It was the first time we'd been able to touch either of them.

Just after that we were chatting with the Dr and the nurse came back and asked if we wanted to do some kangaroo time with Tyler. For those who don't know, this is when they lay the baby directly onto your chest and cover them with a blanket. It relaxes the baby and is good for mom. Tyler did awesome. He was so calm and really enjoyed the warmth. He is so small but it felt so good to hold him and talk to him. He was in my arms for about an hour and did awesome the whole time. We are hoping to do the same with Dillan today when we make our way back to the NICU.

Coming home after that last night was a challenge. It was the most I'd been up on my feet since about the end of February and my incision got really sore but we made it. The house is kind of a disaster right now until we figure out how to set all of this stuff up but we are making it work. It was nice to get home to the dogs and the smell of home. Now it's time to heal and do everything we can to help our babies get big and strong.

Here are just a couple of pictures. The top two are Tyler and I during our kangaroo time and the last one is little Dillan enjoying some tummy time. I will post more but wanted to get a couple out there without all of their tubes. They are the most precious little babies ever.