Today the Nurses surprised me with the news that both Jacob and Lilian had been put onto flat CPAP and had been handling it well. They have both continued to do well throughout the day so we couldn't be more pleased!
As the babies are doing so well I was allowed to hold them both yesterday (one after the other, not together!), and again today. So long as the Nursery is relatively quiet over the weekend the Nurses have told us we can have them both out together when Daddy comes to visit, so we may be able to get our first family photo! Fingers crossed for a quiet weekend!
Thursday's and Sunday's are weigh days and we're pleased to hear that they are both gaining weight! Jacob has gone on to some medication to help him to reabsorb as much water as possible before he loses it from his stoma, and they have had to increase the dose today as he is not responding to it as well as anticipated.
They are both really starting to show their personalities now and Lilian is certainly enjoying giving the Nurses the run-around! No sooner has she got a new gastric tube inserted (feeding tube), than Lilian pulls the tape off her face and the tube out of her mouth! She certainly does not like to be woken up either - she was enjoying a heavy sleep earlier today and wimpered all the way through the Nurse's checks and her nappy change. As soon as she was back on her belly she was out like a light again!
Jacob is largely very content and laidback. He enjoys his interactions with the Doctors and Nurses and even lay very still for his new Canulla to be fitted today (such a brave little boy), although if there's even a hint that you're going to change his nappy he wriggles away from you so that you can't reach him through one side of the incubator!
All in all a good few days.
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