The H Word

We had another great day and the H word came up several times.  Even the doctors and nurses are too afraid to say it, so we all tip toe around the word as to not jinx how great we are doing!  Paige has now been 24 HOURS without needing to use her feeding tube!  She is breast or bottle feeding every three hours and is only taking about 20 minutes max to complete her feed.  This is a HUGE accomplishment.  If she continues to do this tonight, they will pull her nasogastric tube in the morning!  I cannot tell you how wonderful it will be to look at her face without a tube.  We also started her event study tonight, which will determine whether she needs a monitor at home.  This takes two and a half days to complete, so its the most time consuming thing on our discharge checklist.  They even asked us to bring in her car seat for that test tomorrow.  We are potentially looking at a very big event for her by next weekend:)

Andrew is also doing great, although his slow and steady progress is being masked by the leaps and bounds Paige has made over the last few days.  They told us feeding just clicks one day.  A light turns on and suddenly they eat.  This was definitely true for her.  We are getting there with him, but it will take a little longer.  We reminded ourselves yesterday that he still hasn't even reached Paige's birth weight.  So he definitely deserves some extra time and attention.  He is eating a couple times a day and finished his whole bottle at two feeds today.  He is just still very much our little guy and his energy is depleted very quickly.

Tomorrow is their one month birthday and you bet we are celebrating!  Jack and I just finished making cupcakes for the staff and we are planning a little party.  Although the days seem to drag, we cannot believe its already been a month.  Its amazing to look back at their pictures and see how far we've come...