Wednesday

Today's update: We got here around 10:30 am. All of our babies are off of breathing assistance (and we hope they will stay that way). Little Bailey and Collin had the follow-up echoes today to check for their heart condition. We don't know the results yet. Little Anniston is the only one of our babies receiving belly feeds right now. If all goes well with the heart checks, Bailey and Collin should be back on belly feeds tonight. Momma is starting to be able to pump meals for the little ones so we are especially anxious to get them on belly feeds. They turned off Annistion's UV light. We'll see how the other two are doing later. I finally got to hold little Collin last night for 15-20 minutes. We are working on getting mom in today.

We finally got home last night a little after midnight. Boy was it windy and cold then. We had to go to CVS in Avon since the one in Danville isn't open 24 hrs. In the trip from the Avon CVS to our house, the temperature dropped 10 degrees! It took us a while to get settled in last night, but boy was it a big help to have everything clean and stocked. Thanks Carr's and Bumgardner's (and any that I may have omitted who helped out). I will update later with any new news.

JKABC

By popular demand, here is a small addition. The tummy feeds are provided by a tube down to the baby's stomach where they are fed formula or breast milk. All of our babies are currently also being fed intraveneously (IV). Collin and Bailey are only on IV feeds right now. Anniston is on a tummy feed (every 3 hours she gets 3 mL of mommy's milk) and IV feed (at a predetermined rate based on several factors). Collin had the IV removed from his umbilical cord yesterday. He now has a IV line in his arm like his sisters. Hope this answers some questions.