Friday's Visit

Today's visit went very well.

Graydan is doing very well, and has gained more weight! He is now officially bigger than when he was born- 2.79! Keep growing little guy! He had a bunch of alarms again today, so they have started giving him caffeine to try and stimulate him to remember to keep breathing.

Kiernan lost a little over night, but he has had a lot of alarms which does effect weight gain. He is still on the caffeine which can affect it as well. He should be evening out and gaining more shortly! Kiernan is also back on the blue UV lights today, he had a bit of a rough night last night and his levels this morning were slightly off. By providing this therapy now- we are cutting off all chances of jaundice later.

I found out more about the heart murmurs today, which was all great news! Kiernan's PD artery has completely closed- which is slightly ahead of the curve. Normally, the PD closes around week 2-3 in premies as young/little as they were. So he is about 5 days ahead of that curve.

Graydan's is still audible but it's very faint now. They heard it yesterday, but not today. This could mean a) it's completely gone or b) so faint that they simply didn't catch it. Likely, he still has a partial, but this is great news! He is now officially completely out of the range where surgery is an option! Neither of the boys will need surgery!

Still did not get to hold them today. Have to have a good day alarm wise. There is always tomorrow. :)