It is wild to think that a week ago I was put on bed rest because Olivia was in a position that could cause me to go into early labor. Two days after that a test was done that would predict if the babies could come early and it was negative. The next day we were heading to the hospital and our beautiful babies were born. We have been through so much in the past 4 days that it is hard to believe that it is all real but when we get to look in the eyes of our twins it brings us back to reality.
Today was a good day. Tracy and I took the day to rest and recover and went to the hopsital at 4:00pm to visit the babies. Olivia's nurse told us that she was doing great and that the Doctor was going to remove her nasal canula tomorrow and she will not have any breathing assistance anymore. She will continue to tan in the billy ruben light but it is really cute because they put goggles on her that look like sunglasses. When we go at night we get to help with her care time and we do temperature, diaper, and we get to hold her while she is fed through her feeding tube. Tracy and I take turns on who gets to hold her first (the longest) but it is such a great feeling because she looks at us and smiles and makes the cutest faces. Olivia has a reputation in the NICU - "Fiesty" She wants what she wants and she wants it now! We love her so much. Peyton is the opposite of her... he is very laid back and quiet (or maybe he is lazy- haha). His report today was awesome... They are backing him off of his C-pack - which helps force air into his lungs to keep them open so he does not have to work so hard to breath. The Doctor told us that he hopes to take him off it completely tomorrow. Then he will be put on a nasal canula to assist his breathing for a couple of days. He is also under the billy light and wearing cool sunglasses and will be under that for a couple of days. The NICU doctor came to talk to us about Peyton today which means that there is a little problem... but he is not too worried at this point. There was blood in Peytons belly today and they did x-rays on him to check everything. The Doctor said that he was not worried and that he feels like it is probably due to the tube that was down his throat when they gave him medication the other day. The tube likely scratched his throat and caused it to bleed. He also started taking a little zantac. All and all both babies are making great progress and when Olivia does something we can pretty much expect Peyton to be doing it in a day or two. We asked the nurse if we could see Peytons eyes and face more today because we still had not seen what he really looks like since he was hooked up to so many things. It was so awesome to finally see his eyes that I actually started to cry. He is so cute and perfect! He stayed awake for a long time today looking at Tracy and I while we talked and laughed and oooooed and awwwwwed.
Today gave us so much hope and made us feel so good because Peyton interacted with us a lot and we got to hold Olivia. It is hard with two babies because Olivia usually interacts more with us so we tend to hang out with her and laugh - since she is awake - while Peyton tends to sleep a little more - and we dont get to touch him as much. Things are changing for the better and we really look forward to holding him in a couple of days. Unfortunately, we forgot the camera today so we did not get to take any pictures of Peyton and his beautiful face but that won't happen again!
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