Today was an eventful day for the girls. They got their echograms (heart scans) to determine progress of their ductus (the heart bypass). Evie’s got a little smaller, but there wasn’t much change in Maggie’s. They are going to wait before giving Maggie another dose of endocin. Then they got their pic lines (IV through the arm) and took out the veinous lines in their umbilical cords. Then they moved up to 11D (dextrose) in their IV’s. Finally, they moved the girls to their isolets / incubators. They are actually called Giraffe incubators and have cute little covers with giraffes on them. Momma got to carry Maggie from her old bed to her new room at “Hilton” (as nurse Patti refers to it). Evie got moved a little later on in the evening. Maggie was having some issues breathing on her own, so they had to increase her minimum breaths per minute to 40. It had been at 30 bpm for several days. Nurse Patti thinks she is just tired. We’ll check on her tomorrow. But those are two upgrades in one day. The incubators regulate temperature better, are quieter and darker, and have humidity control. So, they should be more content in their new homes. Maggie did open her eyes for a second to see Nurse Patti, but decided it was too scary out there. The girls do like sucking on their pacifiers – or their fists.
Dad worked all day, including conference calls all afternoon. Mom did laundry, cleaned sinks, tidied the room, and worked a little. We are trying to get into a schedule – but since we still haven’t made it to the grocery store, we haven’t quite gotten into a groove. We did have an unexpected visitor, Jeff Grier, a friend of Carol Raymond. It was nice to have someone in town to chat with. Hopefully Joe can have a fishing buddy in a couple weeks.
Maggie's old bed:
Evie's new bed (both girls' beds are pretty much the same):
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