"Its Been One Week Since You Looked At Me"

It has been one week since we delivered barenaked babies (anyone our age will now begin singing that in their heads while those younger will google it and ask someone what a "CD" is). So far Clara and Wilson have fought hard, are doing well, and have broadened our ability to love in ways we couldn't imagine. While totally cliche, watching these little babies fight for their lives every minute has allowed us to reflect on what is really important in this world and will hopefully make us better people and parents when they come home.

This morning Wilson continued his progress and is receiving less oxygen flow (a good thing) than he was yesterday. Clara is still on a larger breathing tube but we have no doubt she will be jealous of her "little" brother's progress and catch up in no time. Below are pictures of the differences in the tubing through which they are receiving support. Clara's is the bigger tube on the left.

 

After receiving the good news last night about the brain scans, one of our friends asked us what their next milestones will be. There is no short answer, but the docs will do another brain scan in a week and continue to monitor their hearts and lungs. It is also important for Wilson and Clara to begin feeding and putting on weight. Both kids are accepting tiny doses of breast milk every three hours and have added weight (measured in grams) each of the last two days. This is a great trend but one that will have definite ups and downs.

Today was a rough day holding the kids. Wilson and Clara got so comfortable lying on mom, they forgot to keep breathing. This freaked us out enough we might skip the kangarooing tomorrow. The nurses assured us it was harder on us than it was on the kids, but it was still frightening.

Thanks for continuing to take an interest in our kids and keeping all of us in your prayers. This first week was tough and we would not have made it without everyone's love and support.