Monday, January 11

The babies had a pretty decent day, so the update today is short.

Adelaide moved up one more ml of milk and is now getting 25ml. She's also receiving a powdered fortifier to help her grow. She's been dropping her heart rate a little more frequently and her blood oxygen has been dropping on occasion. This is usually due to the babies holding their breath. The nurses feel that she's suffering from acid reflux, which causes her throat to have substance in it all the time. This can cause her to slow her breathing, which makes her heart rate drop. Again, they tell us that this is common.

Mattie had a pretty good day. She got weened a little more from her ventilator. She had one of her lines removed since it was old. The line tested her blood pressure and was there to pull blood for labs. She seems to be a little more comfortable, but still gets angry when anyone touches her. The poor girl had three different lines at one time. A line in each arm and one line in a leg.

Andrew got moved off of photo therapy. His jaundice levels were down again. It's great to see his eyes now since they keep eye patches on them while on the therapy. Andrew got increased to 16ml of Tara's milk. Both Andrew and Mattie have been put on a different iv fluid as well. This is a step up. The staff is moving them to a lighter iv fluid since they're getting more nutrients from the increased feedings. The next step for them is to have fortifier added to the milk. Andrew has been placed back on the Jet ventilator. They want to try him another time on this ventilator since his numbers and lungs have been looking better. So far, so good.

Praise
Andrew off of photo therapy.
Tara had another hour of holding Adelaide.
Mattie having a line removed.
Lung improvement.
Andrew graduating to the Jet ventilator.

Prayer
Andrew would respond well to the new ventilator.
Protection over their lungs.
Adelaide's acid reflux would go away, so her heart rate would not drop.
Andrew and Mattie would be weened off ventilation and get more stable, so we can hold those babies!