Day 22: Happy 3 Weeks!

Wow, 3 weeks old already.(Thursday, November 26) I can't believe how fast the time goes but I am thrilled because every day we get closer to the day when the girls can finally come home. Yesterday afternoon Emma was doing awesome with her recovery from surgery so they started to ween her off of the vent. Things were going great until 4:00pm when for some reason things started to go in the wrong direction, they brought her vent settings back up to where they were right after surgery. She continued to do poorly until 7:00pm so they did a chest x-ray but didn't really find anything except that her breathing tube was a little too far in and her right lung was not fully inflated. Since there was no other explanation as to why Emma wasn't doing very good they decided to pull the breathing tube out a little and while they were doing this the Respiratory Therapist noticed a mucus plug in her airway. They removed the breathing tube and replaced it with a new one and Emma instantly started to do much better, she remained on the vent until this morning. Last night Emma and Adalyn both weighed 2 pounds 3 ounces. Adalyn had some good cuddle time with Abi yesterday and her feedings went great! She is doing awesome!

This morning Emma was doing so good they put her back onto the CPAP and has been doing great all day. She is much more herself today and you can tell she is feeling much better. Her feedings are on hold while she recovers from her surgery. Adalyn's stomach was measuring a little big this morning so they put her feedings on hold until she had time to finish digesting all of her food. They resumed Adalyn's feedings at 9:00pm at 14ml every 3 hours. Today I was able to hold Adalyn for the first time since last week Tuesday. Praise GOD that I didn't get sick while Abi had the flu and that the girls both stayed healthy.

Please continue to pray for Emma's recovery and that both her and Adalyn stay free from infection. Please also pray that Adalyn continues to tolerate her feedings and that Emma does good enough so hers can be restarted.