Great day
Today was a GREAT day. Olivia decided she was missing her sister, and suddenly began breathing on her own without the CPAP. They kept in the nasal cannular to keep her lungs open. This was a great achievement and also meant she could be sent back to St Peters!
We were told this morning when we arrived that she'd be there at least one week, so this news was a welcome surprise.
She arrived back in St Peters NICU via Ambulance at around 6pm, in time for the first attempted bottle feed. She took it all! Of course it was only 9ccs (9mls), but still a wonderful achievement. She is still in her isolette so wasn't able to be reunited with Violet.
Violet isn't advancing quite as rapidly as her sister. Her heart rate has had two 'sessions' of a plummeting heart rate. This is obviously not great, and they wont be letting her go anywhere til the reason for this is established, it can be a number of things. She didn't turn blue, and she swiftly returned to a healthy heart rate without interference.
She is also struggling with her digestion, but by the end of today was doing well again.
So apart from these issues, they are both doing great, being treated for their jaundice and taking their feedings. They will be upping Liv to 12mls tomorrow and Violet to 45mls. Violet gained an oz since yesterday, and of course Liv is losing pretty quickly. She'll turn that around now though. Also, they think Violet has reflux, we'll know more tomorrow.
All in all, we're feeling positive.
Its about midnight now, we're pretty tired, but wanted to send some pictures. The internet at this 'hotel' sucks, so we didn't install ftp client for an upload, instead we went the ol' fashioned way -- email. If you didn't receive photos, please email me on whichever address we write eachother on and i'll send some tomorrow. I just did a rush job and picked just a few addresses that were nearby -- sorry!
Also, thanks to all those who have offered breastmilk! especially you Andy, .. We're doing great on Marias, but i'll keep you posted.
Finally, have the girls' birth certificates right in front of me, we can now start to apply for SSN #'s, passports etc what a nice feeling!
We were told this morning when we arrived that she'd be there at least one week, so this news was a welcome surprise.
She arrived back in St Peters NICU via Ambulance at around 6pm, in time for the first attempted bottle feed. She took it all! Of course it was only 9ccs (9mls), but still a wonderful achievement. She is still in her isolette so wasn't able to be reunited with Violet.
Violet isn't advancing quite as rapidly as her sister. Her heart rate has had two 'sessions' of a plummeting heart rate. This is obviously not great, and they wont be letting her go anywhere til the reason for this is established, it can be a number of things. She didn't turn blue, and she swiftly returned to a healthy heart rate without interference.
She is also struggling with her digestion, but by the end of today was doing well again.
So apart from these issues, they are both doing great, being treated for their jaundice and taking their feedings. They will be upping Liv to 12mls tomorrow and Violet to 45mls. Violet gained an oz since yesterday, and of course Liv is losing pretty quickly. She'll turn that around now though. Also, they think Violet has reflux, we'll know more tomorrow.
All in all, we're feeling positive.
Its about midnight now, we're pretty tired, but wanted to send some pictures. The internet at this 'hotel' sucks, so we didn't install ftp client for an upload, instead we went the ol' fashioned way -- email. If you didn't receive photos, please email me on whichever address we write eachother on and i'll send some tomorrow. I just did a rush job and picked just a few addresses that were nearby -- sorry!
Also, thanks to all those who have offered breastmilk! especially you Andy, .. We're doing great on Marias, but i'll keep you posted.
Finally, have the girls' birth certificates right in front of me, we can now start to apply for SSN #'s, passports etc what a nice feeling!
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