Sunday May 18, 2008

A beautiful Sunday, of which we mostly enjoyed indoors since we’d had a good share of sun yesterday. Joe and I did kangaroo care today. Joe held Maggie for about 2 ½ hours in the afternoon and taught her about blood chemistry. She did very well and enjoyed snuggling with Daddy. I held Evie and we read nursery rhymes sent by Aunt Brandy and Uncle Zach. She did super despite being finicky the last couple of days. Both girls were awake at points and made little squeaky noises; it was quite cute. I can actually tell that they are gaining weight because they have filled out a bit and their hands are bigger!

Maggie is up to eating 4.5cc every 3 hours and had a big poop this morning. Plus, she got the IV out of her leg – so when the nurses weighed her, she hadn’t gained any weight, but figured the IV and poo made a difference (so Dad felt better). Maggie had her last dose of Decadron (corticosteroids) for this round, so we expect to see some decline, but she made really great progress the last 2 days or so. Both girls lung x-rays looked great this morning, the nurses said Evie’s looked like a different baby (much better). There’s not much more we could ask for in a weekend.

Joe visited the girls at 9pm and got a last update before bed. Maggie is being finicky – because she is coming off the Decadron. However, they did move her minimum breaths per minute down to 25 (weaning her as far as they can). Evie is now eating 1.5cc every 3 hours, but needs a little help with her bowel movements. They’re still being good little girls.