Just a quick reminder: Mary Louise and David have big days on Monday and Tuesday. Tomorrow, both have ECHO's redone to check for closure or re-opening of their PDA's. As of the last one, both had small PDA's. Tomorrow's ECHO will help to gauge the rate at which David's blood pressure medications and vent settings are weaned as it will tell the doctor what his pulmonary pressure is.
On Tuesday both have head ultrasounds to check for any bleeds. Their first ones were done 2 weeks ago and were negative. If the ones on Tuesday are negative, they will not have any more done until discharge!
We had a really good visit with them this evening. We did not get to hold David as we did Mary Louise as he was very very fussy when we got there and was having a little trouble maintaining his oxygen saturation. I sat at his bedside and held his little hands and head and talked to him for almost an hour. He fell asleep while I was "holding" him and his sats leveled out. For an instant, I felt very mommish as I was lulling our little guy to sleep and watching Brent sitting with Mary Louise (across the room) while she was getting fed the milk I've been working so hard to produce.
By the way...David's incision looks amazing - actually we had to look for it to see it. Fascinating how well babies heal.
Treasuring these little moments - they mean the world to us.
Love,
Heather
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wonderful day today! thanks for sharing the pics of your first cuddle with mary louise! though i cant see your faces well b/c of the masks, i am betting that you 2 were wearing ridiculously huge smiles!!!! congrats on the major progress of your little babies!
ReplyDeletesaying prayers for good echos and negative head ultrasounds!
today was kinda like mothers day, fathers day, christmas, birthday etc. all rolled into one!
heather harper
Wonderful news! Praying for more good news tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteSuch sweet moments. Deep vast prayers for tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteHuge hugs and love.