We’ve made it to three weeks, and everyone is staying stable. Veronica is on continuous feeds now (rather than a feeding every three hours through her tube) to see if that will make a difference with the number of brady episodes she is having. Yesterday, she still had several episodes, but today she has only had two — so it may be working.
Colin is still not getting breast milk (until Sunday at least) to see if he can clear out the gas bubble. His x-ray this morning looked a little worse, so again they’re doing blood work to make sure he doesn’t have an infection. But he has settled down and is no longer hyper-sensitive to touch. They also have been able to drop both the pressure and the oxygen level on his ventilator, which is a good thing.
All in all, I would categorize it as a successful birthday. I got to hold both of them (one after the other) this morning, all snuggled in against my chest. They both seem to enjoy being held like this, and Colin in particular is able to really wiggle his way into a comfortable position — one advantage of being smaller I guess. John managed to get some pictures of Colin in his little kangaroo pose, and I will try to get those downloaded and posted tomorrow. Something for everyone to look forward to.
Becki, thank you for keeping us all posted. My thoughts and prayers are with you. I love seeing the pictures and hearing about their progress.
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