Another thing to be thankful for...

OUR DOCTOR IS BACK IN TOWN! Yes, this is very exciting for us. Our doctor (and his wife who's the medical director- who's now seeing us too) is back from Christmas vacation with his family! It's been a roller coaster ride since they left and we are thankful they're back in town. We've been seen by about 5 different doctors and practitioners, all who have been good, it's just not the same as our own and without any consistency.

While they were gone, one physician wrote to start weaning Ethan off CPAP to a nasal cannula. Although our dr cancelled that order, we were able to get a few cute shots of Ethan on his nasal cannula instead of CPAP.
Here's Ethan laying skin-to-skin with Dad without his CPAP mask.


Kian has hit the 1500gram mark in which they can start working on regulating their temperatures. We were instructed to bring clothes for him to wear. Here's a shot of Kian attempting to wear sleepers Mom & Dad brought in for him. And yes... they are preemie size sleepers. And we thought they'd be a tight fit!!





Our doctor has changed up a lot of things since she returned. Kian's lungs were a little "wet"- a little from birth, a little from the blood transfusion- so he now gets lasix ( a diuretic) every other day. The difference is night and day. Take a look at the pictures with him in his sleepers. The green outfit is the day before the lasix and the white/brown outfit is just the next day after his first dose. Look at the puffiness around his eyes- and that's just a little difference. You can really tell with his O2 sats and his puffy extremities/legs. It's amazing!

We've also increased feeds. Each is almost getting a full ounce of milk fortified with extra calories to help each pack on the pounds. We expect a rapid weight gain in the next 4 weeks- after all- that's what they'd be doing in utero too since they'll be 32 weeks next Monday.

Our breathing is getting better, we're tolerating more, and we have more awake time that mom and dad get to see our eyeballs. It's so fun to interact with them, touch them, hold them, and just simply watch them. Such a blessing!