Saturday May 24, 2008

Mom was quite worried about her Little Maggie on her new breathing machine, so she hurried over right after 8 am this morning. But Maggie was doing just fine! Other than trying to sneakily pull the nose prongs out as she was stretching, she had a very good night. I’m so proud. The girls also had several visitors today, as Grandma Bev, Grandpa Rich, and Great Grandma Evelyn came to town (it was much too cold and rainy at the Lake to enjoy the weekend there). The gang visited several times, but at 3 pm, Grandma Bev and Dad held Maggie and Evie, respectively. Not to say that the rest of us weren’t avidly watching. Maggie even made her first noises, I guess you could call them cries, but they seemed more like squeaks. It made Grandma Bev cry a little. Maggie took a little time to get used to her new position – and keeping her nose prongs in the right place. But eventually she settled down for a nice afternoon snuggle. Evie and Dad did wonderfully as well. After 40 minutes Rich, Evelyn, and I left the snugglers and headed out for errands. Grandma Bev really loved holding her grandbaby. The Nurses were pretty entertained by the banter between Dad and Mother-in-law.

This evening, the girls were tucked back in their beds. Maggie had a little issue when after her care, she decided to toss her hat and CPAP off and then de-saturated, but Nurse Barbara was putting her back together when we walked in. Little Miss Maggie is going to have to learn that she needs that little apparatus for the time being and she shouldn’t scare her mother like that.

Nurse Barbara did her arts and crafts last night and molded each girl’s hand out of plaster. They are truly precious and Joe is already considering having them bronzed. She also took some very cute pictures of Maggie when she was wide awake at 2am last night. I’ll have to bring in my computer and get copies of those pictures. Apparently when you watch the girls for 12 hours at a time, there are more opportunities for good pictures.