Day 44: Happy Birthday...or shall we say Happy Bathday!

Well today was my birthday and I had a wonderful day. I spent the mornin and afternoon with my lovely daughters. I celebrated my birthday by giving them baths, I think if they could talk they would tell you it was not a happy experience :) However after I tucked them in all clean and cute both girls took a great big nap. Both girls had a good day, thank you Lord! Adalyn is still of CPAP and has some brady alarms, but they are all self resolved. Today they increased her feedings to 9.5 mL an hour. If her feedings continue to go well they will likely start compressing her feedings again (meaning her feedings will go in over a set number of hours instead of being continous). Please pray that her feedings continue to go well so that this can happen. She needs to tolerate compressed feeds again before they can go back to gavage (fed by gravity, no pump) and she needs to tolerate gavage before they will start trying to nipple feed her. Her weight tonight was 3lbs 4oz (1470 grams). She has likely lost because she is not at full feedings anymore due to her weight gain. Her new goal is 10 mL an hour. Emma is still on a CPAP of 5 on room air. She has still been having some brady & desat alarms, but it has improved with the OJ & OG. Her feedings were increased to 8 mL an hour. She still continues to have reflux, but it is better with the OG venting her stomach. She was very content yesterday. Mommy likes it that she does not have to watch her constantly spit up any more. Please pray that Emma continues to tolerate her feedings, that her belly grows so she can go back to OG feeds, that God heals her reflux. Emma weighed in tonight at 3 lbs (1355 grams). She also has likely not gained weight because she is not on full feedings and she is no longer getting TPN and lipids through her PICC line. She is basically just getting a little desert through there (it is just a dextrose and saline IV solution). So hopefully she will continue to tolerate increases in her feedings so that she can get her PICC line out and start gaining weight again.

Please also continue to pray that the girls grow and develop well and that God continues to protect them from infection.

I would like to thank God for my wondeful husband and beautiful daughters, they are the best birthday present ever!