The twins are 7 weeks old today and one week closer to going home and meeting Tank and Dakota!
Both of the babies are still on their CPAP at a pressure of 6 and are starting to have less and less desats. They are both on my milk and continue to increase the amount as they gain weight. We're waiting to see how Avi tolerates the rest of her feeds as she'll be at full protocol by Thursday.
In the past, the nurse caring for them has been on a "2 baby shift". All this means is that the two babies they care for need their immediate attention for the shift. Of course, these two babies have been ours. Now, the nurses caring for Avi and Deacon are on a "3 baby shift". This is obviously a good thing because it means that Avi and Deacon are doing better and their monitors are not constantly ringing for attention. However, for selfish reasons, we liked the "2 baby shifts"!
Deacon met with the OTPT yesterday and and had a succesful visit. They were very pleased with him.
The nurse put my milk on some gauze and let me put it in Deacon's mouth for him to suck on (everything is still being fed to him through a tube). It was amazing how alert he became and how much he sucked on the gauze. He even had a little smile!
Tyler got to hold Avi for about 15 minutes last night and rock with her. This was the first time he held her without doing the skin to skin. I was extremely jealous, but had to stay out of the nursery last night because of a sore throat. We definitely do not want to risk getting them sick!
