Happy Father’s Day! June 20, 2010

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:

Adeline stretching

Teagan in her big girl bed!

burping Teagan (not her favorite past time)

Teagan showing off with no feeding tube anymore!

Teagan

Evie with no nasal cannula

Adeline sleeping

Evie

Teagan in her new leopard print pants:)

Nurses having fun with Evie:)

The bow was bigger than her head haha

Bryan’s mom holding Evie

Proud grandma!:)

Quick Update! June 10, 2010

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

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:

Holding 2 babies in the same room for the first time!! (Bryan with Adeline and Judy with Evie)

Adeline on 6-2-10

Evie

Evie

Evie on Wednesday after her bath

Evie after her bath on Wednesday, 6-2-10

Teagan passed out

Burping Teagan

Evie eating dinner

Evie with her dad

Evie without her nasal cannula!

Teagan eating

feeding Teagan dinner

Adeline trying to make sense of what her dad is telling her

Adeline with her mom and dad:)

Adeline with her daddy

Adeline in her first outfit!

Teagan’s award for taking a whole bottle!!

Evie smiling

Evie took a whole bottle!!

Feeding Teagan dinner

Teagan taking her bottle

Teagan

Teagan hanging out with dad

Teagan holding her daddy’s hand

Teagan

Teagan

Teagan after her bath

Teagan’s first spa bath:)

Teagan showing off her panda outfit

Adeline

Teagan

Teagan’s panda outfit

Changing Teagan’s pj’s

Day 50! June 2, 2010

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:

Evie’s bath on Sunday, 5-30-10

Teagan’s first outfit!

Teagan

Evie sleeping

Big changes! May 27, 2010

Last night we went to see the girls and we were amazed to find that Teagan had been completely taken off of oxygen and the nasal cannula!! She’s also started to take some of her feedings by bottle and we got to try feeding her last night! She hasn’t completely mastered it yet so then end up gavage feeding the remaining part, but when I called today she had taken 20mls out of the 30mls she gets each time… So she’s getting better! They also told us once she gets to 1500 grams she’ll be put on air mode in her isolette (right now she’s on skin mode and the isolette adjusts according to her body temperature). Once she’s on air mode she’ll be able to wear clothes. As of last night she was 1470 so we’re getting really close!

Evie and Adeline are also doing well…Evie has been taken off of continuous feeds and is now feeding every 3 hours. They’re doing this to get her ready for a bottle too. Adeline’s feeds have been increased to 24mls every 3 hours. Both gained a good amount of weight too–Evie is 2 lbs, 6oz and Adeline is 2lbs, 8oz, which means both of them are exactly 1 pound over their birth weight now!

The girls have their repeat eye exam today so we’re hoping for some good results today!

Pictures from last night:

Adeline looking up at the light

Adeline ticked off

Adeline being cute

Teagan with no nasal cannula!!

Evie

Evie posing..lol

Evie again

Evie posing again

Learning how to bottle feed

Teagan taking a bottle!

Teagan

It’s been awhile! May 25, 2010

Sorry for the lack of updates! There just hasn’t been much to update on and we’ve been pretty busy.

The babies are doing really good though! Everyone is just growing and working on not having as many brady’s. Teagan got moved to the “B nursery” which is a step down from the more critical care side. They’re talking about moving Adeline over too but her nurses don’t want to give her up:) They’re all getting bigger everday! Teagan is 3 pounds, 4 ounces…Adeline is 2 pounds, 7 ounces and Evie is 2 pounds, 3 ounces. They’re handing their feeds well. They have a repeat eye check this Thursday. Nothing else is really new!

No news is good news in the nicu!!

Some pics from the last few days:

Teagan

Teagan looking around

Teagan with her paci

Adeline sleeping

Evie trying to escape

Thursday’s visit! May 21, 2010

The girls were a little tired when we went to see them last night…they had eye exams (which is pretty stressful for them) and head ultrasounds all in the same day. The eye exams were inconclusive at this point since the blood vessels in their eyes are not fully developed yet. They’ll recheck them on a weekly basis until they can rule out any issues. The reason they check their eyes is because they’re at risk for a problem called Retinopathy of Prematurity. Some information about ROP is at this link: http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/rop/rop.asp#1

Everyone’s head ultrasound looked good…Adeline, who had a grade 1-2 bleed previously, had an “unremarkable” scan. We’re hoping that means the bleed resolved completely, but we’re going to double check when we go up today.

Feeds are going well and the girls are growing! Adeline is 2lbs, 5oz…Evie is 2lbs, 2oz…and Teagan is a massive THREE POUNDS!!!

Yesterday! May 19, 2010

So since I was feeling completely better yesterday and Bryan was almost completely better (minus a lingering cough), we decided to go in and see the babies. Bryan wore a mask and gloves and didn’t come too close so he didn’t get the babies sick. Everyone is still hanging in there. Evie had a brady while we were there and Adeline was desatting…so that was no fun. But the nurses tell us they’ll grow out of that eventually; not that it makes it any less scary when it happens. The good news is everyone is still growing and doing well overall! Teagan is a massive 2lbs, 14oz!! Adeline is 2lbs, 4 oz and Evie is FINALLY 2lbs!!

Some pictures:

Teagan getting ready for dinner!

Teagan again…she’s getting SO big!

Evie napping

Adeline waving hello!

Under the weather May 17, 2010

We weren’t able to go and see the babies today because we’re both coming down with a cold:( We did call and get updates throughout the day and the babies are doing well. They hadn’t weighed them yet when we last called so we’re not sure what their new weights are. They haven’t had too many bradys today and Teagan’s nurse said she was “a model baby”. So while we’re sad we can’t see them, we’re so glad things are going well.

The babies have repeat head scans and their first eye exams this thursday so keep them in your prayers for good news!! We’re hoping we get well really fast so we can go and see them soon!!

Bath time!! May 16, 2010

Today we got to give Adeline and Evie a bath! A huge thank you to our nurse who let us do it! She really is amazing! Teagan’s nurse has been MIA the last few times we’ve been up there (it’s been crazy on the side she is on…we’ve never seen the nicu so packed), so we haven’t been able to do much with her.

Adeline gained a huge amount of weight…the nurse actually weighed her 3 times to make sure it was correct. She’s now at 2lbs, 2oz. She gained 2oz overnight! Teagan is still the biggest at 2lbs, 10oz and Evie is ALMOST 2lbs at 1lb, 15oz!

All of the babies are doing really well!

Pictures from today-

Adeline getting ready for her bath

Bryan washing Evie’s hair

Evie after her bath

Teagan all snuggled in