The good news is that Jacob and Lilian have both been stable again overnight!
Jacob restarted his feeds at 4am and by 7pm seemed to be tolerating them well (we need his stoma to function now though so that we know everything is ok). He's had a new Cannula put in his hand as he needed another transfusion (routine stuff). However, I was scared to death during my last visit as Jacob was covered in blood. It turns out that one part of his Cannula was quite loose and the transfusion blood had leaked rather than it being Jacob's blood - what a relief!
Lilian is now on full feeds and weighs around 930g! So she's now around the 2lb mark. She hasn't gone onto CPAP yet as her stats (her gas in particular) weren't as good as the Doc's wanted them to be this morning but they have improved throughout the day. They will review again in the morning as she has minimal oxygen and ventilation so she needs that push sooner or later. As Lilian is now on full feeds her Morphine has been stopped completely (hooray!) and her top-up feed IV has been removed so she only has the breathing / feeding tubes in her now and then sensors on her body. Her Cannula is being left in her hand for the time-being in case they need it but we're hoping that will be out soon too.
Both babies seem a lot more 'with it' and are spending more time with their beautiful eyes open! Both of them just have dark eyes at the moment as it's too soon for them to have colour. I like to think they're having a good gawp at Mummy and Daddy but in reality they won't be able to see very much, but all in good time i'm sure they will.
Sorry no pics today - frantic evening what with Jacob's'blood bath'.
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