Saturday, February 20

We've got good news and some concerns with Mattie. She is now in a big girl open-air crib, like her brother and sister. We love being able to walk by and give them all a kiss or talk to them. It's really incredible. Our concern has to do with her carbon dioxide levels. They came down into the high 70's yesterday, but are back up to the low 80's today. It's really strange because all of her other settings are great. She takes minimal oxygen and her blood saturation is great. Her red blood cells were low, so they gave her a transfusion yesterday. The staff is bottle feeding her once a day, and for the past two days, she took 15ml. She now weighs 3lbs. 10oz.

Adelaide is still doing good. She takes all of her bottle most of the time, but on some feedings, she falls asleep. We're getting close to taking her home. We hope in the next couple of weeks. She is now 4lbs. 14oz.

Andrew is still doing OK. He's being very active and getting agitated. He finished his last round of steroids, so we hope the improvements he's made will stay around, and he won't fall back. He's doing good on the SIPAP and loves his pacifier. He looks like Maggie from The Simpson's sucking on it. He gained a little weight back, but hasn't caught back up to Mattie. He is now 3lbs. 8oz.

Praise
Adelaide getting so big.
The possibility of taking Adelaide home soon.
Mattie and Adelaide doing well on bottle feeding.
Andrew is still off the ventilator.
All the babies in cribs.
2 months of life. The were 2 months on Thursday. Unbelievable!

Prayer
Mattie's carbon dioxide levels would go down.
Mattie could increase her bottle feeding.
Adelaide would be more awake during bottle feedings.
Andrew would calm down and rest.