Thursday, August 13, 2009

NICU SCHMICK-U

Micah and Malorie have both spent less than 24 hrs in the NICU and both seem to want to get out of there as quickly as possible! Malorie has taken 3 good feedings since her last low blood glucose level episode and so she if she holds steady through the night she will be joining us first thing in the morning in the hospital room. Micah is now off oxygen! He managed to pull his own tube out at 6pm and so the nurses decided to let him try to breath on his own. Aside from a few episodes of sporadic high breathing rates, he has been holding his own and breathing on his own for 5 hrs now! The nurses will keep a close eye on him throughout the night and if he can get his breathing rate below 80 per minute consistantly he will be allowed to try and eat. Once he eats, the IV will come out and then once he holds down a couple of meals he will be right behind his sister. Meanwhile Rachel is exausted to the point that it is getting ridiculous . She finally got to hold both babies at 9 pm tonight and is trying to settle in for a night of sleep. We will update with pictures, videos and more stories tomorrow!

2 comments:

  1. I knew That they were stronger then they were letting on!! With rough starts comes stronger babies!!! Micah is off oxygen quicker then his big chuck of a cousin was!! It took Kaileb 2 days to get off a resperator!! So hes a toughy!!! Love you all and I cant wait to meet my new neice and nephew!!! Rach hope you get some rest now cause this is the end of full nite sleep for you both!!! lots of love take care

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  2. THIS IS THE BEST NEWS TO WAKE UP TO!!!!!

    i will copy and paste this to my blog and direct my readers here, as they have all been waiting in anticipation with more news from you guys.

    hope last night was restful for you and the babies.

    i'll wait to hear more from you later billy. you and rachel are such terrific parents already!!!!

    WE LOVE YOU ALL!!!!

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