say Hi to the boys

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Sorry to everyone that I haven't had a good chance to send out a good update on everything with the trio. Hopefully soon here I can sit down and get some work done with pictures and email and everything and get a good update sent out soon.

So, for a quick update before I need to hop off to bed:
Everyone is doing great! The names are Flynn Harrison, Rowan Joseph, and Tucker Michael. (The pics I'm sending are from left to right Rowan, Flynn, then Tucker.) Everyone is breathing room air now. Only Tucker had to be intubated but that was only for a day or so. They are getting most of their food through NG tubes that you can see in the pic in their noses. They also are trying some nursing and the docs say they want to get the boys started on bottles late this week or early next week. Tucker got out of the incubator today and is hanging out in a bassinet. They want to try Rowan and Flynn in bassinets tomorrow and see if they can keep their temps stable too. They graduated very fast to Bay 5 of the NICU, that is the bay with the healthiest babies. I try to go and hang out with them everyday that I can. Usually Brian drops me off before work and picks me up after.

The main thing is that they are quite healthy, just small and young. I had them June 27th at 3:41, 3:42, and 3:43 pm. I was a few days shy of 33 weeks but I went into labor. They wanted to deliver me at 34 weeks. So close!

They aren't giving us any specific ideas on when we will be able to take them home yet. They tell us that there are 3 things they have to be doing in order to go home: Breathing easily on their own, maintaining their temperature without an incubator or warming bed, and growing while eating without a NG tube. We have #1 down. #2 should be done soon (hopefully tomorrow). That just leaves #3, we'll see how long that takes. They are sweet little guys and way cuter than the picture shows.

Like I said I'll work on getting a decent update done and photobucket updates with our new pics.

Much love to everyone,
Melanie Womachka