Wednesday May 28, 2008

It was finally Evie’s turn to have kangaroo care today – but I’m not sure she really noticed. She made one little peep as she moved out of her incubator and to me, and then was fast asleep the entire time. But Evie is doing quite well on her CPAP, I think she is much happier than trying to breathe through a little tube, and also thankful to get it out of her throat. Thus, Evie doesn’t mind the nose prongs too much. However, she does have an issue with keeping her mouth open and letting the air escape out. So, we blocked that with her pacifier J Evie and I had a nice snuggle and mostly talked to Cousin Shari (who drove up today) and Joy (a new mom that has twin girls with the same story as ours, but 8 weeks ahead). Evie is now taking several medications PO (per os - origin is Latin meaning “by mouth” i.e. orally) including iron which will help with red blood cell production. Evie pretty much slept all day and night – she must be working on her growing. The Doctor and Nurses now hear a murmur on Evie, it reappeared on Sunday. But, as long as it doesn’t cause any symptoms, we’ll just wait it out along with Maggie’s.

Maggie is being quite the show-off today, as she is keeping her oxygen levels in the 20’s, eating 24 calorie per ounce fortified milk, and sleeping soundly as well. However, her big stunt was this evening. I pulled open her curtain and saw that her nose prongs were sitting below and to the side of her nose; however, her oxygen saturation was perfectly fine, and her nurse even had to turn her down to 21% (room air). I think she’s trying to prove that she doesn’t need those stinking nose prongs and would be happy to do without them. So, we let her have her way as long as she behaved – wow that girl! The night nurses were happy to be having a quiet night so far and we hope that it stays that way.