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JANUARY 5 (7 weeks, 5 days)
(35 weeks)
JANUARY 5 (7 weeks, 5 days)
(35 weeks)
Mckayla weighs three pounds, fourteen ounces. She is doing better and
gaining weight and keeping her food down. She still needs her bed
elevated since she is still on breathing support. She is not ready to
be laying flat. She will be transferred eventually to a crib that can
still be elevated. Mommy asked if she could hold Mckayla and Madilynn
together. Mckayla has not been held with her sisters yet. That was
approved and both babies loved to be together. Mckayla has a staph in
one eye that they are treating with antibiotic cream and it is healing
well.
Madilynn weighs four pounds, three ounces. She has been transitioned to a crib and is laying flat. She is learning to suck and will be ready to try a bottle in the next week or so. Her feeds have been reduced to thirty minutes which is the goal. Now that Madilynn is in a crib, Christine can pick her up and dress her and not have to ask permission.
Mackenzie weighs four pounds even. She had her bed lowered today as a test. She did well until the evening. She had a problem with her nasal cannula. They elevated her again and changed her cannula out. They cleaned out her nasal cavity removing a very large "booger". They cultured it to make sure it was ok. She was doing much better today. When she was flat she had two episodes of throwing up so she is not quite ready for that transition. Her blood count is low but she has been holding steady so that means she is making her own red blood cells so they will not do a transfusion unless absolutely necessary.
All the babies can be dressed now. The twins seem to have different shaped heads right now so they can be told apart. They are all starting to get the chunky cheeks like their big brother. All have attached earlobes....they get that from their Daddy. Their breast milk intake is increased regularly and the goal is to get from a 90 minute feeding session to a thirty minute session. Madilynn has been at thirty minutes for a few weeks. The other two are on course to reach that goal soon.
Christine said the doctors and nurses are wonderful and are like family. Because of that her experience with NICU has been very positive through all the ups and downs.
Thank you for your continued prayers.
Madilynn weighs four pounds, three ounces. She has been transitioned to a crib and is laying flat. She is learning to suck and will be ready to try a bottle in the next week or so. Her feeds have been reduced to thirty minutes which is the goal. Now that Madilynn is in a crib, Christine can pick her up and dress her and not have to ask permission.
Mackenzie weighs four pounds even. She had her bed lowered today as a test. She did well until the evening. She had a problem with her nasal cannula. They elevated her again and changed her cannula out. They cleaned out her nasal cavity removing a very large "booger". They cultured it to make sure it was ok. She was doing much better today. When she was flat she had two episodes of throwing up so she is not quite ready for that transition. Her blood count is low but she has been holding steady so that means she is making her own red blood cells so they will not do a transfusion unless absolutely necessary.
All the babies can be dressed now. The twins seem to have different shaped heads right now so they can be told apart. They are all starting to get the chunky cheeks like their big brother. All have attached earlobes....they get that from their Daddy. Their breast milk intake is increased regularly and the goal is to get from a 90 minute feeding session to a thirty minute session. Madilynn has been at thirty minutes for a few weeks. The other two are on course to reach that goal soon.
Christine said the doctors and nurses are wonderful and are like family. Because of that her experience with NICU has been very positive through all the ups and downs.
Thank you for your continued prayers.
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