Beautiful Surprise

We were pleased to hear that the twins had a good night again and have had a pretty good morning too, and shortly after Jacob was taken off his photo-therapy (and therefore the eye visor) we saw this:

Our little man has opened his eyes!!!

Jacob is still quite heavily sedated with painkillers to make sure he stays comfortable - it's a week tomorrow since his surgery. Although he is a very chilled out little boy even without the drugs! He's had another blood transfusion today to keep his stats at a good level.

The Nurses have been in contact with the surgeons today to discuss Jacobs wound from the earlier surgery, it may be that the wound between the Stoma and the Fistulla could 'break down' and will need a special dressing until the skin grows back. This is a fairly common occurrence and so they are not concerned though apparently the appearance could be very distressing to us...We've been told that he is not likely to need to go back to surgery as a result of this though, which is reassuring.

Lilian is just as fidgety as ever, stretching her long legs and bringing her hands up to her face! She even managed to pull out her feeding tube this morning with all her moving around, the Nurse told us not to worry about this though as babies regularly do it when they get that bit stronger. Definitely seeing that Lilian has a mind of her own!

Lilian has started to look a little 'puffy' around her face and neck today, we have been told that this is due to her kidneys not yet working 100% and all the drugs / fluids being given to her. When her kidneys do work fully the swelling around her face and neck will reduce significantly.

Lilian looking a little 'puffy'

The nurse advised that both twins are quite sensitive to any change in their care so the Doctor's have decided to err on the side of caution and medicate them to maintain their current stats rather than allowing anything to drop and then having to take more action to stabilise them.