2 Days Old

Well the babies are still doing pretty good. I will give you a brief update on each. They noticed a heart murmur on Aiden. So they did an ultrasound today on his heart. He has got a moderate heart murmur. That means that there is a blood vessel that connects the main vessel leading to the lungs to the main vessel of the body, called the PDA, that never closed. It usually has time to close by the time the babies reach 40 weeks, but since he was only 28 weeks, his didn't close. They also did an ultrasound on his brain to check for any brain bleeds and it looks good. His brain has to look good before they can give him the medication for the heart murmur. They are pretty positive that with this 48 hour round of antibiotics that it will close the PDA and that in turn will take care of the murmur. So we will keep our fingers crossed that it works. They were also able to take the light off of Aiden this morning and I think his color is looking real good.






Brock is doing pretty well. They took him off of the light this morning as well. I was able to change his diaper yesterday and take his temperature. That was kind of fun. They try to get us as parents as involved as possible. We were able to watch the nurse feed him tonight. They are only feeding them about 1/5 of a teaspoon every 6 hours right now. They have a little tube that is going into their stomachs and they put their food in a little syringe and it trickles down through their mouths into their tummies. Brock is having no big problems, and so we hope that will stay the same. There is a possibility that Brock and Collin could still get a murmur like Aiden, so that is something they watch on a daily basis.




Collin had to be intubated yesterday afternoon for his breathing. They were able to take him off of the intubator about 2 a.m. this morning. He is doing a lot better and is breathing with the CPAP machine. They also took the light off of him this morning.




So Aiden is probably having the most complications right now. They say they aren't big complications. They are common in premature babies and the nurses said not to worry ourselves. They see it all the time. We will try and keep you posted daily. This is the easiest way for me to keep a record of everything and then you can share in our daily adventures as well.