The nurses in the NICU all joke that Logan and Dylan are very connected. Although they are on opposite sides of the room they tend to act up at the same time or take turns keeping the nurses running back and forth between the two of them. Little jokesters.
Today we got an update from the doctors. Logan is doing extremely well! He has downgraded his care back to CPAP and isn't on any extra oxygen. His skin looks great too. Dylan on the other hand has been sliding back a bit. It's to be expected but it's always a little frustrating. He is now on SiPAP and his oxygen is in the 40's. He use to be in the 20's but has needed extra O2 the last few days. He also didn't tolerate being held by me very well yesterday. I had to put him back in bed after abut 40 minutes b/c he was just too over stimulated.
On the positive, both boys now weigh over 2lbs! YAY!!!! They do continue to grow and strengthen and act up, just as little boys do :-)
Please keep them both in your prayers. We continue to praise God for good test results, scans, feedings are going well and they still have never been ventilated.
Pray Dylan is able to get off SiPAP soon and back on CPAP and that they are able to continue to up their feedings.
Tonight Jake and I will go in and attempt to hold them and love on them again. Pray it goes well and the boys are able to tolerate their time with us.
(NICU babies senses are heightened. They haven't had time to fully develop so every touch, every sound, every movement is extreme for their little bodies. Being held can just be too much sometimes. They are out of their warm box, their skin is being touched, they can hear every voice, beep, noise... it can just overload their system. I am praying Dylan can better tolerate being held in the near future but I am also fully aware that it can take some time.)
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