Thursday July 24, 2008

Today was Nurse Appreciation Day, as determined by me...as I decided the nurses needed to be treated to DQ sundaes for the wonderful care that they give our girls. But the other interesting nurse news is that we finally had a male nurse in the NICU. Out of our 11 weeks there, this is a first - and Joe was absolutely excited to have some additional testosterone around.

The girls are finally back to where they were before the surgery, Maggie is being herself and Evie sleeps all the time. We started trying the supplemental nursing system (SNS) - which essentally increases the flow while sucking because of a little tube that hangs from a plastic bottle around my neck. The first go wasn't so successful because the girls were totally worn out this morning at 2am. And I think Maggie is smart enough to figure out when she doesn't have to work very hard to get fed. However, we just did normal practice at 2pm and Maggie did awesome!! She ate at least 25cc in about 10 min - it's the best she has ever done. Evie still needs a lot of practice and to be more awake - she is so sleepy! Unfortunately, the girls have not been gaining much weight since we went to 4 nursings a day, so we cut back to 3 and are trying to make sure we totally fill them up. However, that means I get more sleep at night.