Avi was sent down to radiology today to have a GI series done (a radiologic examination of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract) since she still hadn't had any bowel movement. The exam looked good, her intestines are just small. It seemed to be a success though because at her 4:00 p.m. changing, she had a little mucus plug in her diaper for mom and at her 8:00 p.m. changing, she had a LOT of mucus and some poo in her diaper for dad! It was definitely a celebration at her bedside (once Tyler realized that the mucus was normal and should be coming out of her)! I think they still want to see a little more bowel movement before they start her up on my milk again.
Deacon seems to be doing well and has bounced back from the little scare on Saturday night. All 0f the cultures came back except the blood. They all came back negative (this is a good thing). The doctor mentioned doing another set of cultures because the first one they did was so early on that if an infection was just starting, they may not have caught it. He is still on antibiotics until the blood culture comes back, but he looks 100% better.
Deacon is referred to as our "little Houdini" because he always manages to escape the swaddles. He was quite the mover from when he was inside the womb. He is still doing well on my milk and the doctor even talked about extubating him again since his desats have been good. We'll see what they do in the next couple of days. We have learned that even from when they begin talking about it, things usually don't happen too quickly.
Monday night results:
Avigail - 2 lbs 3 oz and 13.8" long
Deacon - 1 lb 13 oz and is 13.8" long
