Day 42: Worrying Mommy

Adalyn all tucked in


Emma wide awake

So today Emma kind of had a tough day. She had quite a few alarms last night and they decided to put her back on the CPAP.(Big surprise) She also had some more spit ups today so they decided to put an OJ tube in. This goes in her mouth, down her throat, and through her stomach into her intestines. They believe that her stomach is too small for the amount of food she needs so they are doing this to give her stomach time to grow. After they did all that, Abi came to her crib because her vitals were jumping around and she had spit up some dark brown fluid.(blood) The doctors believe that this was caused by some more irritation (like she had before) because she has been drooling so much they need to keep replacing her feeding tube. This worried Abi and she has been having a tough day.(I knew I wrote too soon yesterday.) I keep trying to tell her that this is not so bad considering how bad it could be but I know they are hollow words to her ears. No one likes to see their child bleed from anywhere. Tonight Emma weighed 3lbs again but it was a 20 gram increase.(1370) So we are thrilled that she continues to gain weight. Please pray that GOD takes away whatever is bothering her tummy, that she tolerates her feedings better, and that she continues to gain weight.

Adalyn had a much better day. She continues to do well with her feedings and they increased her to 9ml every hour because of her weight gain. She also is doing good off of CPAP and has had only a small increase in her alarms. She weighed in at 3lbs 5oz!(1500) We are so proud of her! Please pray for Adalyn's health in general and that she continues to do good without the CPAP. Also thank Him for both of the girls progress.

We had dinner tonight with Mark and Kate Wiersma which was a lot of fun. It is really nice to be able to talk to people who have gone through/are going through what we are. Seeing their faith during their journey has helped us with ours. Kate dropped of a frame when Abi was admitted to the hospital that said "GOD IS IN CONTROL". As many of you know this kinda became a theme for me. If you are unfamiliar with the Wiersma Family you can read about them at http://mkwiersma.blogspot.com/