Morning all, here is yesterday's update. I walked in and Dillan had done a number on her blankets so they were changing out everything in her isolette. They asked me if I wanted to hold her while they worked. Sure! So I sat down with her right away. Well, then it was Tyler's time to eat so they asked me if I wanted Tyler as well while he ate. Umm, I think so??? How do you hold two at once??? So they got me all set up and I got to hold both kids at the same time. It was the first time I've had both kids so close to me since they were still in my belly. It was awesome. I told them both that their dad would be jealous!
Dillan continues to do well. Her feedings were increased to 24ml yesterday and she is no longer getting caffeine. She weighs 2lbs 10oz now and just continues to get bigger. She is still at 500ml of flow into her oxygen cannula but she pulls it out of her nose whenever she gets a chance.
We got a little more information on how Tyler is doing yesterday. Tyler's last dose of antibiotics was due yesterday morning but they would've had to put a new IV in him so they decided against giving him the last dose. So Tyler is now IV free. :) Our little man is now 3lbs 3oz and continues to grow and grow. One of the things we asked about yesterday was Tyler looks very pale, especially when you compare him to his sister. The doctor told us that Tyler's body hasn't been able to keep up with the amount of blood that his body needs because he's growing so fast. In the extreme case of this they will give the kids a blood transfusion but they really try to challenge the body first to produce more blood. That is what they are currently doing with him. They are also giving him extra vitamins with iron to encourage his body to produce more blood. They keep a close eye on him to make sure he doesn't look like he's getting sick, and therefore causing him to be pale, but yesterday that was not the case. The doctors just think he needs to catch up with his body.
The other thing we asked about Tyler yesterday was his belly. His belly has been distended (big) for the last couple of days and we weren't sure what that meant. The nurse flat out said he's just being lazy!!! Ha ha here is why. They tried to give him a suppository yesterday to try to get his bowels moving and as soon as they inserted it (they put it directly in their butt) he pushed it back out. He did this twice so they just left it out. They know everything is working with him he just doesn't want to push it out. I think he just likes to make sure we are worried about him.
So overall the kids are doing well. We just got some more info yesterday which made us feel better. The other thing we did yesterday was said we wanted to schedule what the hospital calls a "care conference" for both kids for next week when they turn a month old. Care conferences bring in all the people that care for the kids (doctors, nurses, social worker, OT, PT, dietitian, etc.) and go over the kids from head to toe and talk about what they think the plan is for the kids. It will be interesting to get everything in detail.
The kids are three weeks old today so I'll try to get some pictures posted from today. It's amazing how fast the days fly by and I run out of time to do things. Thanks again everyone for your continued support.
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