Brock's Not So Good Day

I spent most of my day at the hospital with the boys today. Aiden continues to do well. Last night he weighed in at 2 lbs. 14 oz. He is now getting 24 mL every 3 hours for his feeding. He is doing really good and is always so content.

Brock didn't have the best of days. When I got there this morning they had done an X-ray on his belly. When they measured it this morning his belly was hard and it measured about a 1/2 cm more than normal. Then this afternoon, it was still the same and when they checked his residual out of his feeding tube, there was some bile and a little blood. So the doctor order another X-ray and some blood work. She said sometimes between 2 and 3 weeks babies this little can get a gut infection called NEC. If Brock has that, he will have to have a 7 day round of antibiotics, and his feedings will stop during that time. So to rule out NEC they put in an IV to pump the fluids in and they put what they call an Anderson tube down his mouth and it helps get the gas and air out of his belly. After they got the IV in the nurse said he had a big bowel movement and alot of the gas has gone out of his belly. They will do another X-ray tonight and more bloodwork in the morning to check on things, but hopefully it is nothing but a lot of gas. Last night he weighed in at 2 lbs. 6 1/3 oz. so we don't want to stop feeding him because he is on the up hill climb.

Collin is still on the canule today. He is hardly getting any help from it, so hopefully tomorrow he can get rid of that. Last night he weighed in at 2 lbs. 10 2/3 oz. He is getting 23 mL per feed every 3 hours, so that is helping him in the weight gain. They are doing really well. I got to hold all of them today, so it was a pretty good day.

As long as Brock doesn't have an infection, we will be doing good. I don't need any set backs at this point. The longer I am away from home the more yard reconstruction Matt does. He called me last night and he was using the 4 wheeler to pull out some bushed in our front yard that he didn't like and that had a little dead in them. According to Paige, he pulled out a lot. I don't think I want to know what my front yard looks like. At least he went to the store to buy some plants tonight to replace what he had done.

This is a pretty cute shot of Collin. He always has the cutest little expressions and I was finally able to capture a smile. (Paige and Kayla - Collin misses you)