Little champs!

We had another great 24 hours. These little kiddos are really being some champs!

Both babies have started to gain back a little weight. Maggie measured at 2 lbs 6 oz last night vs 2 lbs 4 oz from the night before. Fin measured at 2 lbs 11 oz last night vs 2 lbs 10 oz from the night before. Hopefully they will both keep gaining now that they are getting 6mL and 6.5mL in every feeding. They seem to be tolerating the extra milk very well. It would be awesome to get them back to birth weight in the next couple of days.

We have been trying to get the babes to suck on a pacifier at the start of their feedings. Maggie definitely likes hers better than Fin, but both will try it out for a little bit. Maggie kept hers for the entire last feeding! I think this means she will be more eager to try the bottle than her brother, but maybe he will start trying in the next couple of days.

Overnight (7p-7a) Maggie had 6 Brady episodes. Fin only had 2. They continue to be champs and come out of them on their own. Yay for getting better at that even with very little assistance from the bi-pap!

The night shift nurse was concerned about Maggie's belly button IV line placement. They check this every shift and it looked like it may have come out slightly. The doctor asked for an x-ray to be done to verify that the placement was still good. They did the x-ray this morning and it still looked like it was where it should be. This means she should get to keep the line for a few more days. Typically those lines only last for 7-10 days before they have to change IV styles. We are still hoping to get feedings to 10mL before that IV comes out so they don't have to get another. We are also ready for them to come out so we can hold the littles, but I would rather them not have an IV at all if we can hold off for that!

Finley is a little champ in the poo department. He had some more meconium pass yesterday. This should help his bilirubin levels, but this morning they were still high for him at 8.4. He may get a stronger bank of lights today or a second spotlight. Maggie came up some to 6.7. This may or may not mean she needs a light today. We will have to wait to see what the doc says.

I stayed at the hospital last night and John took his turn in a real bed. I was able to do pretty well on sleep except for when Maggie was unhappy and wanted to be re-positioned. I have my follow up appointment this morning downstairs, so I will sneak down for that before taking a break this afternoon. Tonight, John and I are hoping to get a Ronald McDonald room so we can both stay here. If we can't get one, we will both go home for the night and sleep there.