"Stable"

Lily and Claire are both doing well. Lily is now up to 2 lbs 8 oz and Claire is 1 lb 14 oz. We're very excited for Claire to reach the two pound mark! For the past couple of days they have been talking about removing Claire's PICC line. The reason they haven't removed it yet is because her sodium is high. A while ago her sodium was low, so they added some to her TPN... and they believe they just over compensated which is causing it to be high now. It should go down now that its been removed from her TPN. I'm hoping by tomorrow they are able to remove her line. She is back on her nasal cannula after having it removed for a couple of days. It was so crazy to see such a tiny baby without ANY breathing support. She did really well for those two days, but had one day where she struggled a bit without it. So, they put her back on the high flow cannula and she seems content. The doctors mentioned that this was a possibility and to not be concerned about it. They don't consider it a set back but normal for a baby at her gestation. Lily is still on her high flow nasal cannula too. She hasn't had many changes since my last update, aside from them continuing to up her feedings (along with her sisters) and adding in extra protein and vitamin D. Claire is getting extra calories in her breast milk to stimulate weight gain.

This evening when Joe and I were at the hospital, both girls were awake and had their eyes open. The nurse commented on how good they looked and how active they are. I asked the nurse practitioner how they are doing in comparison to other babies born at their gestation and she told me that they are doing awesome. It's so good to hear that they are doing well and see them growing a little bit every day.

Zane took a sibling class today at the hospital. I wish we would have remembered the camera, because they were teaching them to gently hold the baby, burp them, wrap them, etc. He wasn't very careful, to say the least! As all of the kids were being so careful with their baby dolls, Zane was pretending to burp his and the doll was half way down his back-- holding onto it by the legs. It may be a while before I can leave him in the room alone with the girls! :)