Elsie is now 2 lbs, making the triangle complete! In fact, Danny hit an even bigger milestone reaching 1000 grams! Even though this is only 2lbs 3oz, he is really starting to fill in and get a little chub :)
Elsie graduated to another type of ventilation, the cannula. She previously had two nose tubes that went up her nose and hung down into her throat, and she now has the big girl nose cannula which has two little bumps that sit in the entrance of her nose. She's going places that one ;)
Her first day with the new cannula
Resting peacefully in her swaddle
Blocking her eyes from the lights in the room
Danny had a leak in his vent tube and had to get his tube switched out, which gave us the chance to see if he was ready for CPAP before reintubating him. Sadly, he did not do well without his tube and tuckered himself out quickly trying to breathe on his own. When he gets worked up he either holds his breath or forgets to breathe, neither which works well for sustaining oxygen. So he is back on his tube as he feeds and grows a little bit longer before trying again.
Danny in his swaddle
Danny destroying his swaddle in less than an hour
Nurse Donna fixed his wagon and made him a burrito
Danny's attempt at CPAP with his nose tubes and a binkie
No big news for Sammy, he is just growing and feeding. And sleeping. :)
He loves to be swaddled, as long as he gets one hand or foot out
Tuck me in, but let me stick out....
Prepping for the swaddle, he sticks his arm up
All burrito-ed up like his brother
My mom made them some rally caps and after game 4, it seems to be working...
Again, Miguel and I would like to thank everyone for all their support through this time. I had a reminder yesterday of the gravity of the NICU. I was in the lounge heating up some food, when another NICU family came in with the nurse manager and the social worker. I don't know what the diagnosis or prognosis was, but it was clearly a devastating one. The 2 minutes on the microwave felt like eternity as I watched everyone from the grandfather to the parents hysterically sobbing in agony. I returned to our room crying, thinking about how lucky we are to have 3 babies here, and alive. Not to say we won't have a long list of issues we will face due to their prematurity, but it is always important to keep the perspective that others may have it worse than you do.
Laughing at Danny breaking out of his swaddle! Zoe HATED her swaddle and would work very hard to escape it (Hannah LOVED hers and we had a hard time weaning her off of it--she was swaddled for most of the day for the first 5 months of her life). And Elsie looks so big with the smaller/fewer tubes! Congratulations on 1 month!
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