Monday June 16, 2008

Oh more fun stuff today – the girls got to do a sleepover! Evie went and stayed at Maggie’s apartment after kangaroo time today. They were so cute and didn’t even fight. Evie looked around and tried to figure out if Maggie’s pad was as nice as hers and Maggie was trying to be a good hostess. They started off on their backs looking at each other, and then after feeding time switched to their tummies. Needless to say, the girls were exhausted when they went back to their own homes when the night shift nurses came on. Then they got all swaddled in by their nurses for a good night’s sleep.

As far as technical stuff, Evie is still on her cannula. She isn’t as stable as with her CPAP, as expected, but is doing well enough that they haven’t had to put her back on it. Thus, after 24 hours of the ventilator/CPAP machine being off, they have to retest it – so they took the machine away and will only bring it back if necessary. But the nurses must be somewhat sure she will stay on it as they put Evie’s feeding tube down her nose. This keeps it out of the way for learning to suck and is slightly more durable than the mouth one. They checked Maggie’s ductus (PDA) again today and it looked to be small, which is smaller than moderate, so we are encouraged that she is growing out of it.

I like days when there is good stuff to talk about. Oh, and the girls’ car seats arrived today!