What a Ride...

Everyday is a roller coaster ride. Having one baby in the NICU would be so hard, but I think having three is harder. When we hear good news about one we hear bad news about their brother or sister. We don't even have time to enjoy the ups, yet. But we will also get triple the pleasure when we finally get to take them home.

Savannah, baby girl, you are so precious. You have been doing so good for so long now you are getting tired. You have had a lot of spells with your oxygen and your heart rate. They are keeping a close eye on you because if you don't get better soon they are going to have to put you back on the ventilator. You are still doing good on your feeds. You are on full feeds with extra calories. So gain gain gain!!!

Cheyenne, sweet heart, you are doing good today. You have finally been taking off the ventilator and put on CPAP. That is great! Your chest x-rays still don't look great, but the doctors decided to give you a chance anyway. Good Luck Honey!!! Your feeds are going good also. Keep it up baby girl.

Brody, my little man, we are praying for you. They have done four spinal taps on your pour little back. It seems we get fluid out about every other time. They were planning on doing a tap every day until tomorrow, but decided to wait until tomorrow's head ultrasound before doing another one. So if your ultrasound tomorrow looks better they will probably stay on this course of doing taps and waiting to see if your body will start to self resolve. If the ultrasound hasn't changed or God forbid it has gotten worse, they will be sending you to Presbyterian to see the brain surgeon. What he will do is put a reservoir or a shunt in your head to get that fluid out. We are really praying that we don't have to do that, but we will do whatever is best for you. Brody, today you were the first to get those big tubes out of your nose. You now have the short pronged CPAP on. This is a great step forward. We tried putting your sister, Savannah on them but she wasn't ready. I hope you are.


- Get Your Own


One day at a time. That is all we can do. Mommy and Daddy love you all so much. We will get through this and it will be great. I can't wait to have you all home with us.