Jace
(a couple days old)
Jace(a month old)
Liam
(a couple days old)
Liam
(a month old)
Stella
(a couple days old)
Stella
(a month old)
It seems so crazy to me to see the difference! Today all the babies got there first eye exams and everything looked good, the Dr. said they looked like they were supposed to look so he will do another one at 3 months old to be sure. I had to plug my ears and close my eyes during the exam though cause they pry open there eyes put drops in them and something else I didnt watch but it was SO sad they were screaming and crying so loud and then there little eyes were all red afterwards, you can still see that in the pictures. They measured the babies today and when they were born they were all about 15 inches and they have all grown and are about 17 inches...
Jace was back on 5.0 liters of oxygen @ 30% when we went in there this morning they said he had a bad night of forgetting to breath, they gave him extra caffeine to remember to breath so hopefully that will help. He is on 28ml of food and they moved him up to 27 calories of fortifier by adding some formula to the breast milk and didnt like that, he spit up after most of his feedings so they were going to try and have a dietician come up with some way to add the calories just not with formula, I am still producing enough milk at this point for all babies to get all breast milk. Jace went up 57 grams bringing him to 3lbs 7oz!
Liam was at 2.0 liters of oxygen at 27% when we came in he also had a lot of times during the night he forgot to breath, the nurse said sometimes they do really good for a couple of days and then they just get so tired of trying so hard then they forget, so hopefully they can wean them off soon! He is on 30ml of food and he also went up to the 27 calories of food and didnt like it either...I was doing skin to skin with him and he barfed all down me and him, poor little guy...Liam gained 49 grams which brings him to 3lbs 10oz!
Stella is still on room air, shes drinking 37ml of milk and also getting the 27 calories of food and she also threw up a couple times today...she gained 30 grams so now she weighs 4lbs 4oz! She just keeps growing and growing! =)
Sheryl and Rick this is so awesome, praise God! It is so crazy to read this post, brings me back too the days when we were counting grams, calories, cafeine intake, room air, o2, sats and all the jargon that you guys are being bombarded with ~ I'm sure by now you feel like you could work the NICU, that's how I felt by the end :0) of James' hospital stay. So happy the eye exams went well, they are HORRIBLE but such great news that their eyes look like they should ~ praising God for your 3 little miracles!!!
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Oh wow they're getting bigger and bigger. I do notice that the NICU nurses love to fatten the babies. All of our babies were chunky by the time they left. Thanks for the update girlie. Hang in there. Your babies are beautiful...little miracles from God.
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