Ok, so some of you may be getting really good at deleting these long-winded updates, but others of you are requesting them to be more frequent, so here's another one!
So many wonderful things happened today! Both babies came off of their antibiotics, because there were no blood infections found. Both babies began receiving formula also.
Aaron had a full day of no problems with breathing due to his new small dose of caffeine. He's the easiest to spend time with, because he's always peacefully resting or gently stirring and the doctors are able to just check in on him now and then. (I had a great moment with him last night, that I forgot to mention, when he woke up and followed my face back and forth with his eyes, checking me out for a little bit. It was highlight of my week since the birth!)
Elliott got his first all-day blue light treatment for jaundice, and he's responding well. They say he will be moving to an isolette like his brother soon, once he is downgraded from the bigger "c-pap" to a "canula" (just nasal leads going in) Also, within a day or two of downgrading that, they hope to move him to the intermediate care room with his brother Aaron.
I guess the big news is Jen got to finally visit with both boys today and she was soooo grateful. She had been waiting for almost 2 days since the birth, and even though it was hard to see them in their small and fragile state, it took a lot of the mystery and fear out of how well they were being cared for.
Jen's blood pressure has dropped for the better...at one point 134 over 78, which is the best so far this week. And she is eating like there's no tomorrow! She's on track to be out of here by Thursday or Friday at the latest, and she'll be waiting patiently in the Mother and Baby wing now, instead of the labor and delivery wing where she had been for a day and a half after the delivery.
Now, I know that all this sounds good, but probably the biggest thing for the Hickses is that we are very close to a pending sale of our house in Indiana. We had a pretty good offer today that we are accepting, so we don't have to worry about warming the house through the winter and paying a sizable monthly mortgage on a place we don't live. We figure it's one less thing to worry about since there are a few other things on our mind now:)
It's days like this that make me realize that God's truly watching out for us and wants to give our recently-doubled family the best chance at a good start.
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