Week 2:
We supported NC State in the NCAA tournament with our hats!
We celebrated St. Patrick's Day. We even received green monogrammed outfits so we wouldn't get pinched!
The twins are able to keep up their own body temperatures and were able to move into little cribs. This makes seeing them and getting them in and out a lot easier.
The twins love sleeping in their new cribs!
Week 3:
We got to hold them at the same time. One of my favorite moments so far. It was so neat to see them together and to feel like we truly had twins!
The biggest challenge the past week has been trying to get the babies to take bottles. In order to get discharged from the NICU they must be able to take all their food via bottle for several days in a row. As you can see they still have their feeding tubes in and at this point take a little over half their daily food by bottle. It is a very slow process and we are just trying not to push them and let them learn at their own pace. We are obviously very eager to take them home and get asked daily by everyone when they will come home....we just don't know. It could be a week or it could be a few weeks.
The Doctors also heard heart murmurs on both Ellie and Graham. I had a VSD that required open heart surgery when I was a baby and it can be hereditary so we were all pretty worried that it might be the same thing. After tests and an echocardiogram on both twins we were able to eliminate that it was a VSD and that was a HUGE relief!!!! Ellie's is nothing to worry about and Graham's murmur was due to a PDA which usually corrects itself. We will have a follow up with the cardiologist in a few months to make sure. Here is Ellie getting her echocardiogram.
Both Ellie and Graham had hearing tests and were seen by lots of specialists this week. They passed all tests:)
We are hoping week 4 is our lucky week! Prayers needed that these two continue to grow and take their bottles.
They are just precious! Lots of prayers for them and you and Ryan as well! Hope they get to go home very soon!
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