Saturday May 10, 2008

Joe and I made a much needed drive back to Bozeman to make sure our house was still standing, spend a night at home, do laundry, and pick up supplies. Thus why I haven’t posted in a little over a day. But we did call to check on the girls. Friday afternoon we got the results of Maggie’s echocardiogram, and her ductus had gone from moderate to small – great news! They did decide to do the 3rd round of endocin and see if they can keep making progress. So, the girls have had a few fussy days – just needing to adjust their oxygen and suction their lungs. But of all the things that could go wrong, being fussy isn’t a big deal.

On Saturday afternoon, both girls had to have their pic lines adjusted because the lung x-rays showed that the lines had moved. (Pic lines run start in the right arm and run through a vein all the way to the midline of the body (practically the heart.) Once the pic lines are set, they don’t usually move, so it is strange that both girls’ had to be adjusted on Friday and Saturday. But they’ll just watch them and make sure things are ok. Both girls are still under their Olympic Bili-Lite (Olympic is the brand, but I think it is funny – because they are really big lights) for their jaundice. Mom and Dad visited again on Saturday night and read stories about bunnies to the girls (thanks to books borrowed from Joani). Maggie was on her tummy again, and the nurses say that she does quite well like that. Since the girls were asleep, we had great chats with the nurses. Nurse Annie, taking care of Maggie, is also a traveling nurse originally from Wisconsin. Joe and I are quite impressed with these gals as they have such extensive and varied experience that they bring best practices; plus they’re great gals to chat with.