Great News 9-19-10

Peyton


Olivia's first bottle


Oliver looks like he really likes wearing Olivia's hat


Isn't she adorable!

We just wanted to give everyone a quick update! Today when we went to the hospital to visit the babies their nurse told us that their Doctor wanted to talk to us. I was immediately scared - it was like being called to the Principal's office. She came down when they told her we were there and she told us that the babies were doing very well. She said it was like they read the textbook on how to grow and mature in the NICU. She thinks that Olivia will be off all IV's in a day or two and they will remove her PIC line (which is a deep IV that is thread through a vein in their arm so it does not come out). She also said that Olivia is having very few "spells" of forgetting to breath - a "spell" every now and then is not a big deal... she will grow out of them soon. Olivia is starting to nurse some and she will also take a bottle - the first steps to getting out of the NICU!
I am still waiting to hear the "BUT....."
She continued to tell us about Peyton. She said that he is doing much better than she thought he would be doing at this point. He was taken off his nasal cannula the other day and they thought he would have to go back on it but they wanted to give him a chance. He proved to him that he is going to stick with Olivia and he was not going back. He has not had it since and the doctor was very happy about that. He is having fewer "spells" and is also eating only breast milk now. Yesterday the Doctor gave the orders that he is to start trying to nurse and I was thrilled. We attempted today but he was tired and did not do much but he did try! It was his first time nursing and he made progress. We will try it every night as long as he acts like he is hungry and interested. They call it "cue feeding", and Olivia is doing it as well... so I get to try to nurse both babies every night now! So far Peyton is doing everything that Olivia does a day or two later. So his IV will come out about 2 days after hers.
All and all tonight's talk with the doctor was just what we needed. She was so happy and positive that it made us feel awesome. The best part was that she told us that we should have a more definite time frame, for when the babies will come home, in the next week or two. Waiting is so hard but it is awesome to go visit every night and hear all about their progress and it is even better when the doctor takes time out of her schedule to make a point to tell us how well they are doing!!

Olivia weighed 3 lbs 6 oz last night and Peyton weighed 3 lbs 9 oz last night.