The Jolley Triplets

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The fun has started!! June 28, 2010

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Sorry we haven’t updated in awhile but we have been incredibly busy and exhausted since we’ve been taking care of a BABY!!! TEAGAN IS HOME!!!!:):):):) For the last week we’ve been juggling taking care of her and also trying to find time to go up and see Evie and Adeline. It’s been pretty exhausting but we’re starting to get into a routine and things are getting a little easier.

So last Monday our neonatologist decided to discharge Teagan! We had roomed in at the nicu on Friday night to get the hang of feeding her (which sounds crazy but feeding a preemie is so different from a regular baby). We got to the nicu at 8am Monday morning to catch rounds and we finally left with Teagan at around 5pm. From there life has been a blur of feedings, spit up and doctors appointments! But things are going good. She had her first pediatrician appointment last Wednesday and they said she looks good..She weighed 5 pounds, 4 oz and was 18 inches long. Then she had an eye exam on Thursday and her ROP is getting better. It’s down to a stage 1 in one eye and a mild stage 2 in the other.

Evie and Adeline are doing awesome! They’re now in open cribs! Adeline is off of oxygen and getting better with bottle feeding every day. She’s been having some digestion issues so they’ve been watching that. Evie got her feeding tube out over the weekend so she’s taking all of her feedings by bottle now! Adeline weighed 4 pounds, 10.7 ounces on Sunday and Evie was 4 pounds, 2 ounces. They should be coming home soon and joining the chaos:) They also had their eye exams on Thursday and Adeline’s ROP  is starting to resolve like Teagan’s…Evie’s is slowly resolving but they’ll be rechecking her’s this Thursday to make sure it continues in the right direction.

Pictures:

 

Happy Father’s Day! June 20, 2010

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It’s been a really long time since we’ve updated! We’ve been super busy–I spend all day at the nicu and then when Bryan gets off from work we go back up in the evenings. The babies are doing really well and are hopefully coming home in the next few weeks!

Evie is weighing 3 pounds, 13 ounces and is still off the nasal cannula!

Adeline is up to 4 pounds, 5 ounces and is down to 1 litre/21% oxygen (room air) on her nasal cannula.

Teagan is 4 pounds, 13 ounces and is taking all of her feedings by bottle now. She’s also out of her isolette and in an open crib! We roomed in with her at the nicu on Friday night to practice feeding her around the clock. We got a little taste of what life is going to be like and we were exhausted!! But it was fun to spend the night with her and take care of her.

Bryan’s mom and stepdad also came from Ohio for a visit and it was nice to finally introduce them to their grandchildren!

A few pictures of the girls:

 

Quick Update! June 10, 2010

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Teagan is getting better at taking bottles! She’s pretty much taken the entire bottle everytime they offer it. She’s up to 4 pounds, 2 ounces.

Adeline is taking a little bit of her bottle each time it’s offered. A couple times she’s taken the majority of it. She’s up to 3 pounds, 10 ounces!

Evie is back on the nasal cannula:( But only at 1 litre and room air…they think she just needs a little bit of flow to keep her nose clear of boogers since her nose is so tiny. She’s finally over 3 pounds!! She weighs 3 pounds, 2 ounces now.

More pictures to come!

 

Movin’ on up! June 6, 2010

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The triplets are doing awesome!!

Teagan is up to 4 pounds and doing pretty well with bottle feeding…every so often they still use the tube for feedings, but when she does get a bottle she normally takes the entire thing. She’s getting so big and looks adorable in her little preemie clothes!!

Evie is off the nasal cannula!!!!!! They starting trying her off of it today and she’s doing pretty well!! She’s getting close to 3 pounds, weighing in at 2 pounds, 14oz. She’s taken a couple entire bottles, but they only try her twice a day and only if she’s awake. Evie was diagnosed with ROP (retinopathy of prematurity) at her last eye exam but at this point it’s only stage 1 and they’re going to follow her closely. She’ll still have an exam every week to see if it is progressing, but at a stage 1 it should clear up and hopefully not cause any long term issues.

Adeline is up to 3 pounds, 7 ounces and she’s finally wearing clothes!!!! Her and her sister get to fight over outfits now. She took a whole bottle tonight, but they only try her once a day. Her and Teagan both still have inconclusive results on their eye exams and they’ll now get eye exams every 2 weeks.

The girls are also all in a row now in the B nursery!! So we finally have just one nurse taking care of all of them and we can hold them in the same room now:)

Pictures from the last few days:

 

Day 50! June 2, 2010

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Today marks the 50th day of the babies’ time in the NICU. They’re 7 weeks, 1 day old and technically 34 weeks gestation.

We were up visiting the babies late tonight since our little dog, Oscar, decided to have a seizure as we were getting ready to head out the door. He seems to be doing well now, but it was definitely scary!

The babies are getting big!! Teagan was 3 pounds, 10 ounces! Evie was 2 pounds, 10 ounces and Adeline finally reached 3 pounds!!

Teagan was wearing her first outfit tonight when we went in to see her! And all the babies are now on “side B” of the NICU. Evie is actually Teagan’s new neighbor. We’re hoping they’ll move Adeline over by them soon.

It’s been a long 50 days and we still have a long way to go but we’re so happy that they’re doing so well and making such amazing progress!!!

Pictures from the last couple of days: