Day 26: The saga of the deep freeze

So our day today began by Dave discovering that our deep freeze bit the dust. He went to pull out a muffin to take to work and the muffin was cold, but not frozen as it should be. Thankfully we were able to rescue my breast milk and move it over to another freezer...whew! Then in the middle of the day we found out that Emma's PICC line went bad so they had to take it out. However, she still needs IV access so they put a temporary IV in. The nurse called to tell me about this because they had to put the IV IN THE MIDDLE OF HER FOREHEAD...yikes! As a nurse I have done this to babies and have always felt bad about it, but I never expected my child to have an IV in their head. Thankfully they were able to get Emma in for a new PICC line today so mom did not have to see her looking like a little unicorn...whew again!

After Dave got out of work we went for some very quick deep freezer shopping. We found the best "deal" (not sure that word really fits since it seemed a bit pricey) at Menards. So Dave brought it he and his dad met him there to help him get everything switched over. As they were putting the new one in the garage they discovered the new one was dented...really! So Dave's dad was nice enough to run it back to Menards to exchange it for a new one. Come to find out it was they last one in stock and they would not give us $ off the damaged one we had. They said we could buy the floor model, but they would not give us a discount on that either. Hmmmm...a bit of a predicament seeing as how we needed a deep freeze since ours was busted and stuffed to the brim with food that needed to go into a working deep freeze. So Dave's dad called the company which made the deep freeze and explained to them the situation. They are shipping us a new one...so nice! In the mean time we can deal with a dented, but functioning, deep freeze. Thanks Big C for all your help!

Needless to say by the time we were on our way to the hospital Dave and I were both a little frustrated with the days events. However, as soon as we started cuddling with our girls, nothing else seemed to matter. That is all both of us wanted to do all day was spend time with our girls. As we were cuddling a hundred deep freezes could have stopped working and it would not have mattered...I love the affect the twinners have on us :)

Anywho, the girls are doing good. They both continue to have bradys, but the majority are still self resolved. Adalyn is still on a CPAP of 5 on room air & tolerating it well. Her feedings are now 20 ml every 3 hours. She needs more calories now so she is getting 1/2 breast milk & HMF & 1/2 Similac special care (a higher calorie formula). She has been doing a little more spitting up with this so pray that her stomach gets used to this and she stops spitting up. Her weight last night was 2 lbs 5 oz (1060 grams) and tonight was 2 lbs 5 oz (1040 grams).

Emma actually decided today that she did not want her nasal cannula anymore. The nurse found her twice with the nasal cannula in her mouth. Emma there is a reason it is called a nasal cannula :) So they decided to leave it off and see how she did. She has been maintaining her oxygen saturations wonderfully. She is still having bradys so mom thinks they are going to put her back on CPAP soon, but we will see. In the meantime Dave & I really enjoyed her cute little bare naked nose :) Emma's feedings are still at 6 ml every 3 hours and she is tolerating this well. Emma's weight was 2 lbs 4 oz (1010 grams) last night and 2 lbs 5 oz (1050 grams) tonight. Please continue to pray that God protect the girls from infection, help them tolerated their feedings, keep their breathing strong, help them to have less brady's and to help them grow and develop. And please join us in praising God for blessing our girls with another great day!


Emma saying hi to her cousin Hudson