<strong>December 20,2009</strong>

This was day 12 here.

Well, keep us in prayer.  Our primary doctor and the admiting NICU doc are meeting tomorrow to decide if we can go home early.  Even if they agree we still have the issue of getting home health care which sounds like it could be a little bit of a concern.

The babies are doing great.  They are both still gaining.  Tayla is up to almost 4lbs 15oz and Ruben is up to almost 4lbs 5oz.  They seem to take turns with everything-weight included.  She’ll gain an oz or two in a day when he’ll only gain a 1/3 of an oz and then the next day it will switch and he’ll be the big gainer and she’ll be the little gainer.

They are both nursing well today.  Ruben woke up for almost every feeding to nurse.  I’m not sure if they are getting much of anything as transfering the milk is usually an issue for premiees.  Although there were several times today that I know each one of them was swallowing milk.  They both finger fed today and took about 5cc well.  I am hoping that maybe they can get strong enough to take the rest of their feeds by syringe instead of a tube.  This hope will take a little time and if I’m lucky in the meantime they will just wake up and nurse which is normal for a premiee to just get it one day.

Being here is getting harder and harder.  Since they were move to the 3rd I am sleeping on a recliner for part of the night as it is so far for me to come down at night for feedings.  I’m really surprised that I am sleeping as well as I am in the NICU since it is never quiet with babies crying and bells constantly going off.  I have been at every feeding since they started getting food the day after they were born every 3 hours 24hours a day.  It would be so much easier if I could get comfortable near them.

The kids haven’t gotten to see them since they were born which has been very hard for all of us.  At least they got to see them on their birthday.  I’m not sure if they hadn’t seen them at all that they would be taking not being able to go into the NICU as well as they are taking it.  The kids are troopers but they are fading and need their mama and their new siblings home.