Sunday, February 20, 2011

NICU Day 8

The little ones are doing pretty good.

Macy:  Is holding her own, weight is back to birth weight and gaining.  So very tiny still.  She's almost to the point where they can raise the roof on the Isolete and be fine with just room temperature.  Her IV came out last night, and they have bumped up her feedings to compensate for the IV nutrition.

Miles:  Made big strides over the past couple days.  He is able to regulate his temperature, so the roof has been lifted from him.  He was removed from the C-Pap on Saturday morning, but he had some issue's last night so they put him on a nasal cannula (l litre) He has had a small heart murmur which is said to be normal with premature babies, but the Doc said it sounded better this morning. He continues to gain weight and many people are referring to him as "the Heffer" or "Hef".  Other than the breathing issue's still being a problem, he's making solid progress.

Maxwell:  He's been the smallest, but mightiest all along.  Doing great, gaining weight, IV taken out.  He's still in the isolete with the roof closed but hopefully they will raise the roof for him soon, as long as he can regulate his temperatures.  He has a heart murmur that is also said to be normal with preemie's so we are keeping our eye's on that in the hope's it gets better by itself.

Dad and Maxwell

 Miles West
 Mom and Macy
 Mom Macy
 Maxwell Louis
 Dad and Maxwell
  Ally Jane
 TylerMAN

1 comment:

  1. I'm glad to hear everyone is doing so great! Everyone looks great too. I can't believe how big Ally and Tyler are! Guess it's been longer than I thought since I've seen them. :)

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