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Maggie on the other hand only gained 5 grams, and weighted in at about 970 grams (2 lbs 2oz). Both girls enjoyed kangaroo care today – for the majority of the afternoon. Dad held Maggie and Mom held Evie. You can see they are growing compared to the first time we held them. Evie almost doesn’t fit in my shirt! The girls did great during their time with Mom and Dad, but since then, Evie can’t quite decide how much she wants to breathe as her oxygen levels are really up and down. She was being a bit of a twerp tonight and making the nurses watch her and continually adjust her oxygen levels. She was also sprawled out looking like superman when we checked on her this evening. So, I snuggled her stuffed animals around her so she could have some boundaries. However, she is continuing to eat up her milk – which is up to 3cc every 3 hours.
Maggie is also eating well and moved up to over 6cc every 3 hours. Maggie also started on caffeine – kinda like her Grandma Bev and her Mountain Dew. Maggie is getting 4mg of caffeine every 12 hours. (Note: A regular can of Mountain Dew has 55mg.) The caffeine is supposed to stimulate their circulatory system which tells the brain to establish a better breathing pattern i.e. helps them breathe better. Other than that, no big changes with the girls; so, we continue to see what happens day by day.
4 comments:
Awesome, a whole pound from where she started...yay Evie!
And no...she looks nothing like him. And don't ever tell her you compared her to him...she's WAY cuter.
Hooray girls--Evie the little porker and Maggie taking a sneak peek at the big world.
Love Aunt Gayle
Wow! You really can tell that they've grown! And it's been three weeks... can you believe it??
Evie has chubby cheeks!!! I love it :)
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