NICU Progress

Just a quickie update about the twins … Gabriel has been drinking 33 CCs of my breast milk (the targeted amount for his current weight) by bottle and has been off his IV for quite a few days now. Zeke, who is playing a little catch up, came off of his IV today, and is at 30 CCs by bottle and is expected to be up to 36 CCs (his targeted amount since he weighs a bit more than his brother) by tomorrow afternoon. They’re also both extremely easy burpers, which makes Mommy a very happy camper, since burping Houston always proved challenging for me. Gabriel and Zeke are both currently tolerating a 27-degree-celsius incubator, which is something they have to do for a full 24 hours. Then they have to tolerate an open crib for the same length of time without having a great loss in body temperature; they should begin this test tomorrow. I started breast feeding my squeaky monkeys yesterday and they latched like champs! Their nurse says she rarely sees preemies accomplish this feat on the first try. We did round two at the breast again today with equal success. I gave Gabe his first bath today and will give Zeke his first cleaning tomorrow. (It’s amazing how sweet my angels smelled having not been bathed for nearly two weeks of some hard living … too bad adults can’t pull this off the way babies can.) Since Zeke’s progress is quickly meeting the same health standards as is his brother’s, one of the nurse practitioners told me that she wouldn’t be surprised if both boys were home in as soon as three days! She said not to quote her on that, of course, but that was certainly music to my ears. So as long as Gabriel and Zeke keep eating, sleeping, pooping, peeing and growing, Clan Dillingham will soon have all their kids safe and sound under one roof … and then the real fun begins!!!

I hope to post some recent pics of the twins in the next day or so, as well as some adorable photos of Houston, like him playing Rock Band II with Daddy and Granny.

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