Happy Halloween!

Since halloween costumes were out of the question this year, we celebrated with hats! Thanks to the Meek family for sending these. It made all of our day!

 

(Andrew on the left, Paige on the right)

These pictures were truly the highlight of the day, as Paige and Andrew were both misbehaving otherwise.  Andrew continues without feeds and we are anxiously waiting for him to poop -- we have talked more about bowel movements in the past couple days then we ever dreamed possible!  He may get fed again tomorrow but we will start back at the very beginning.  Frustrating, but we'll survive.

Paige decided to start vomiting last night and continued through the morning.  Her feeds are now being held, too, although her exam is a little more concerning because her belly is a bit distended, she's more sleepy, and she is having more brady/apneic episodes.  To be cautious, we did a complete blood count and cultures this afternoon to make sure we aren't missing anything.  She also got an xray of her abdomen, but thankfully that was unremarkable.  They are watching her closely overnight and are giving her body a rest.  For this reason, we didn't get to hold either of them tonight, which was hard.

Since neither of them are wanting to digest my breastmilk right now, we are making a couple of changes.  When they do restart feeds, we will use Progestimil, which is a formula that is easier to digest.  I will also completely eliminate dairy from my diet to see if that helps.  That is in addition to eliminating alcohol, caffeine and anything spicy or greasy.  What is left, right?!  Hopefully this will help though and we will be able to switch back to breast milk at some point. 

Thanks for checking in on us.  We are hoping for a good night's rest for both of them tonight and some good news to report tomorrow!