Update on the girls.....

I know it has been a while since I have posted.....I have just been concentrating on getting over my C-Section, getting my house back in order & over course concentrating on my girls. They are all doing good despite their age, and the doctor is pleased with their progress so far. Each of them got started on daily caffeine doses to keep them stimulated on Thursday. So, here are updates on each on of them....

Addisyn: Lil Miss Addy got her chest tube out last Tuesday & has done great since then. She spent most of last week under phototherapy for her jaundice & she was taken off of the vent last Thursday and was placed on C-Pap oxygen, and she has basically been staying on room air (21% Oxygen) on that. But, Saturday the doctor did a lumbar puncture & ran some cultures & blood work on her (a septic workup is what they call it) because she was running high fevers & her lab work was beginning to get out of wack. So he started her on 2 different antibiotics right after all the test work was done and the results came back on Monday that she had a blood stream infection. She got plasma on Saturday & 2 blood transfusions on Sunday. Ever since then she has perked up a little more & she is getting fed 1cc of milk every 3 hours. As of Sunday she weighed 2# 12oz.

Addisyn the day after she got off of the vent (all cute with her little bow her nurses made her!)

Addisyn wide awake after mommy fed her today, sucking on her binky.

Braylea: Lil Miss Braylea also spent most of last week under phototherapy for her jaundice. She is my lazy one who who just lays around looking like she is having a day at the beach! She cracks me up! She was a day behind her sisters and got off of the vent on Friday because she didn't want to be as active as her sisters. But ever since then she has also been on C-Pap oxygen at 21%. She got a septic workup & started on antibiotics like Addisyn on Monday because she started having episodes of bradycardia (where her heartrate drops really low) & the doctor wanted to make sure it wasn't being caused by an infection. So far everything has been negative on her, but, she still keeps having the episodes of low heartrates where she will drop into the 40-50s (beats per minute) but she recovers with stimulation, so hopefully it is something she will just grow out of. Keep your fingers crossed!! She also is getting fed milk every 3 hours and they increase the amount by 1cc every 12 hours so she is up to 4cc every 3 hours right now. As of Sunday she weighed 2# 13.9 oz.

Lil Miss Braylea the day she got off of the vent with her bow her nurses made her.

She was having good dreams today...she didn't want to open her eyes for me!

Jayci: Lil Miss Jayci (aka my "Peanut") is surprisingly doing the best out of all 3 (seeing that she was the smallest at birth). She also spent most of last week under phototherapy. She was also taken off of the vent last Thursday with Addisyn. She has also been on C-Pap oxygen @ 21% & holding her own. Her IV antibiotics that all NICU babies get put on were stopped on Sunday, so she is not receiving any antibiotics. She is now in an isolette bed were they can start working on letting her control her temperature herself instead of being under the warmer, so hopefully I will get to hold her soon. Her nurses say that she is the feisty on out of them all, that she is a hell raiser at night!! She is also on feedings every 3 hours & getting increased 1cc every 12 hours like Braylea & she is now up to 7cc every 3 hours. She likes her groceries!! As of Sunday she weighed 2# 6oz.

Jayci the day after she got off of the vent also sportin her bow her nurses made her!

She was checking things out today after I got through gavage feeding her to.

And of course, my lil chunk Bradyn is still being his usual self. He is getting sooo big. His personality just keeps growing and amazing me! I can't wait until he gets to meet his sisters. We show him pictures everyday, but I know he is still to small to understand.

SO, if ya made it to the end, that is basically the stories to catch ya up! Sorry it took so long to post and sorry this post is so long!! But, I at least hope you enjoyed the pics!

Until next time,

Take Care!!

Mommy's Home!!

I got to come home for mother's day! Yeah! I had the option to stay in the hospital until Tuesday, but I figured it would be cheaper to recooperate in my own bed at home & with my lil' munchkin! I have been doing okay today, just reaaaaaly sore & tired. I think I over did it yesterday since I was still running off of adrenaline, and it all caught up with me today...ughhh. Luckily, I have the best mother ever! She took Bradyn home with her after she came to visit the girls, so the hubster could help me get home & to let me rest for a little while. And it helped alot. Muaaaah! Thank you mommy!
Otherwise, the only hard part about going home was leaving the girls behind. :( But, they are still hanging in there & doing great. All 3 of them are still on the vent, but are doing good, and all 3 of them got started on IV feedings last nite.
Addisyn still has her chest tube, but the doctor said her chest x-ray looked great so he left it in for today, they will clamp it off tomorrow & leave it clamped for 24 hours & if her chest x-ray continues to look good then they will take it out on Tuesday. The nurse's are keeping her pretty well sedated to keep her comfortable because she will start waking up & get pissed & start fighting the vent & coughing & gagging on the tube. So, she is still just hanging out, & they have her under a bili light to help keep her from getting so jaundiced. I don't have any current weights on her because they haven't been weighing her because they don't want to move her around & stimulate her to much with her chest tube still in place.
Braylea is just haning out holding her own. The doctor said that her chest x-ray & lung developement look great & she remains on low ventilator settings to, so maybe she will get to start coming off the vent soon. She is also hanging out under a bili light to help keep her jaundice down, but overall she looks good, & she is back up to her original birthweight today.
Jayci is also doing good holding her own. She got another dose of surfactant today for her lungs, but otherwise she has been doing good. The doctor said he was still pleased with her as well, he just wanted to give her another dose of surfactant because her lungs still looked a little immature on the chest x-ray, but she remains on low vent settings as well, and she is not trying to fight the vent as much so she is not requiring so much sedation. She hasn't had to have any bili light exposure yet so she is just hanging out in her own little world. Today she weighed 2 lbs 10.8 oz, so she is about 3 oz of being back up to her birthweight.
They are all scheduled for head & heart ultrasounds tomorrow, so we will see how they turn out. But, that is it for now! I will try to post updates everyday/nite so keep checking back!
Thank you all for all the support & prayers. It is really appreciated! Hope everyone had a great mother's day!
Until next time,
Take Care!!