Day 40: Sisterly love

Adalyn (left) and Emma (right) snuggling on dad's chest giving eachother some love.

The twinners are doing well. They spent 3 hours snuggling with mom yesterday and another hour with dad...that is lots of cuddling :) Both girls had their eye exam yesterday. The exam was done by a nurse and she walked me through everything that she saw and said that at this point things are developing normally and there are no signs of ROP (retinopathy of prematurity). She said that both of their eyes appear immature at this point. Today the girls will be examined by Dr. Droste (the eye doctor) to make sure that he agrees with the findings from the nurse (her exam uses a special ultrasound camera that takes pictures of the structures of the eyes, his will be "the old fashioned way" which is by hand, no special tool). If he agrees with her exam the next exam will be in 2 weeks.

Adalyn's feedings cocktail was changed today. She is now getting 50:50 breast milk and similac special care 30. This is to get her more calories, calcium, phosphorus, and protein. This is going to be going at the same rate as her feedings before, 8 mL an hour. She has been spitting up occasionally and having a few alarms here and there, but nothing abnormal. Her weight last night was 3 lbs 3 oz (1440 grams).

Emma's feedings are the same. Dr. B said that he does not want to change things yet since she seems to be tolerating things better this time. He wants to give her a least another day of things going well and then likely slowly increase to her goal. He is hoping to have her there by the end of the week so that she can get her PICC line out. Maybe she will get her PICC line out for my birthday on friday, that would be a wonderful present :) Emma continues to spit up occasionally also and has been having a few more alarms, most of them are self resolved. Emma's weight last night was 2 lbs 15 oz (1345 grams)...almost 3 lbs (1360 grams)...you can do it Emma!

Dear Lord,
I praise you for the good reports on the twinners eye exams yesterday. Lord please continue to help their eyes develop correctly. Father thank you that both girls are gaining weight well and are tolerating their feedings. Please help them to continue gaining weight and to tolerate their feedings better each day. I pray that Emma is able to reach her goal feedings soon so that she can get her PICC line out. Thank you for the beautiful personalities we see in these tiny little ladies. God please help the twinners to keep maturing so that they have less and less alarms so that they can come off the CPAP for good in the next few weeks. In your truly awesome name I pray,
Amen!