April and I have just arrived at a hotel near the hospital. We will be staying here for at least the next two weeks to avoid the 40 minute to 1.5 hour drive depending on the traffic. April was officially discharged early today but we stayed around till almost midnight to get our money’s worth! …
Tonight Brinlee and Kimball were moved to the preemie nursery where they will have the same amount of attention but will have a little more liberty and will become “feeders and growers.” April got to kangaroo hold (skin to skin hold) both of them and I also held Brinlee. The babies calmed down as soon …
This will be a short update hopefully followed by some pictures that we have taken today and yesterday. You can see all three kids much more now (we just visited them at their two/three o’clock “touch” times. Their faces and bodies are much more visible, except for Kimball received his first clothing today (see pumpkin pictures …
Well, the kids continue to be feisty and to fight their way forward. I did a quick five minute checkup on all three this morning and they were all resting peacefully. / / / /Brinlee and Kimball both came off their oxygen altogether today (Kimball’s doctor decided that since he liked to remove it from …
Well, I’m going to start today’s update talking about Sawyer as he is struggling the most right now. During the night last night (night of October 22nd/23rd) the nurse noticed that Sawyer was really having to work to breathe. They decided to do an x-ray to see if anything was wrong and found that his …
Well, as I posted last night, April started to turn the corner yesterday evening and was very much improved this morning, seen by her color, her lab work, and her attitude. After a long morning of eating, getting cleaned up, and moving around some, she was able to make the trek upstairs to visit her …