The Last Few Days

The last few days have been full of ups and downs for the boys. They are now up to eating 3mls every three hours and tolerating it well. Kiernan is up to 2.13, and Graydan is 2.11. They are both filling out and show signs of becoming the chubby little babies they will become.

Graydan has been having a lot of alarms lately, which they think might be a reaction between his increased weight and the caffeine. Since he hasn't been on the caffeine as long as Kiernan, they think his weight gain might be affecting how the caffeine works in his system. They have adjusted him up today, and hope to see good results tomorrow and the next day.

Kiernan has evened out on his alarms, and normally pulls himself back, which they call "self recovering". Premie's of their age still have alarms frequently, but the next few days should see both of them self recover all the time. Kiernan's current problem is with the pacifier. Anytime he has it in his mouth he alarms and stops breathing. He really likes it and has lost pacifier privileges a few times.

Both of them were put back on the blue UV lights today, as their bilirubin counts were up again. Hopefully, they will come back off the lights tomorrow. They have also been raised up on the canula line (I apologize for my constantly spelling that word wrong in previous posts. Cannela should be spelled canula.) to 3 and 4L, instead of the 2 or none that they were.

They are right on track for learning all of their "get out of hospital" tricks- like breathing all the time, eating, and regulating their body heat. The nurses continue to be wonderful and supportive.