McG Cribs

Check out the big news today - Wilson was moved to his first "big boy" crib. He was so impressed he wanted to show off and take everyone on a tour.

We're a few Scarface posters, a PS3, and a couple of outrageous cars in the garage from Wilson making the NICU edition of MTV's cribs. That's right, Wilson has his own crib!! Sorry for being repetitive, but we are that excited. Weighing in at a whopping 3 pounds 15 ounces, it feels like Wilson is officially a baby! It is so exciting for us to see his progress because we know we are one step closer to bringing him home. The NICU is generally two steps forward and one step back, and it is likely Wilson will have to spend more time in an isolette until he can maintain his body temperature, but this is a big milestone. When we called to check on him the nurse said he was already a "little cool." If his temperature does not go back up to at least 98.0 degrees, he will have to go back in an isolette for a while. We expect this process will go back and forth for a few days. Morgan stopped by after work to have a guys night with Wilson. Here are some pictures from the evening... 



 



Sweet baby Clara settled down from her roid rage and spent most of the day sleeping. She is down to 1.5 liters of flow and is staying between 21% - 25% on her oxygen levels. These numbers are better than yesterday and we are anxious to see if she can keep up the good work over the weekend without any assistance.  Clara also reached a big milestone today - she weighs 1.51 kilograms. Once a preemie hits 1.5 kilograms the doctors and nurses begin the process of weening them from their isolettes. This is fun because they are able to wear clothes as the temperature is turned down inside the heated isolette. Watch out Wilson, Clara does not like to miss out. In fact, we are a little concerned with her lack of patience that she will skip the crib and go straight to a toddler bed. Clara is now up to 30 cc's of breast milk every 3 hours and will start the nursing process at the end of this week/early next week.

Another thing we noticed this week is Clara really likes to be held. She gets comfortable, snuggles into you and sleeps the time away. While sleeping in our arms she not only looks more comfortable, her her heart rate and oxygen also stabilize. Needless to say this is keeping us at the NICU more often, but there is nowhere else we would rather be.