Thursday May 22, 2008

The girls had a good day. I think that Evie’s steroids started kicking in right around the time that Dad got to hold her. Her oxygen needs went down to the 30’s and she’s been a little less picky. She was also given her leading dose of caffeine – 46mg! Thus, she was pretty wide awake this evening at 8pm. She had her eyes open and was making funny faces. Little Maggie is still on caffeine, but we haven’t seen significant impact on her breathing. They tried to lower her minimum breaths per minute to 17, but she wouldn’t stand for that, so it went back to 20. She continues to have her little apnea spells when she gets tired and doesn’t feel like breathing, so she relies on the ventilator; but that is fairly normal for preemies. Both girls increased their feeding amounts today as they are continuing to gain weight.

But the family had a nice nap during kangaroo care time. After reading Maggie a book, Mom fell asleep along with Joe and Evie. The nurses said they hushed everyone when they walked in the door “sshhh, mom and dad sleeping”. Joe finally got his poopy diapers – both girls did it on their own! So, of course, Joe had to take a picture. Not sure I’m going to post those.