WELCOME HOME SAMANTHA & TEDDY!!!

Samantha and Teddy saying bye to Bridgette

Daddy getting Teddy ready to go

Mommy getting Samantha ready

We arrived home just after 3PM today with Samantha & Teddy!! We had to feed and change them right when we came in. They are currently sleeping in bassinets in our room.

Big sisters Alexis & Olivia are happy to have them home. Alexis sang Samantha a song to fall asleep to.

They passed all tests and could have come home yesterday, I have a cold so they let me have one more night of sleep. One less day for Bridgette to be alone.

As far as Bridgette goes, she is having some trouble today with eating and keeping oxygen levels up so they decided to give her a blood transfusion today. They still think she will be home Thurs or Fri. They hope the transfusion will perk her up so she will not need the oxygen.

​Please pray.

BIG NEWS!!!!

According to the Nurse Practitione​r it looks like Samantha and Teddy will be coming home Monday or Tuesday (possibly the same day) and Bridgette will be coming home Thursday or Friday. Bridgette just needs to hang out 72 hours after the 3rd dose of oral steroids to see if she will be able to stay off oxygen assistance if not she will come home on oxygen.

​They will each have a scan they need to pass before they will come home. It monitors their breathing pattern (I think for 12 hours) to make sure it is mature enough for them to come home. Samantha and Teddy will get theirs tonight.

​Please pray Bridgette will continue to not need oxygen assistance, that her lungs stay strong enough to do the work themselves and that Samantha and Teddy continue to thrive so they can come home.

9 weeks old today!!!

Nobody made it home this week. They all had immunizatio​ns and eye exams which got them a little stressed so they all had some spells. However as of today there is a 90% chance everyone will be home before the end of next week.

Gr​andma came to visit the babies, she held everyone for the first time. They all loved time with Grandma!! :)

Here are some updates:

​Samantha - Weighs in at 6 pounds 3 ounces!!! Her eye exam on Tuesday showed her eyes to be mature!! YAY!! Next exam in 10-12 months!!! :) She had some troubles with constipatio​n over the week, which made her very very tired and angry. She is much better now!!

Br​idgette - Weighs in at 5 pounds 1 ounce!! Her eye exam showed her eyes to be regressing from ROP!! This is a good thing, she has a follow up in 2 weeks. Also she is still on oxygen, so today she was given an oral dose of steroids and they are hoping this will give her the little push she needs to get off the oxygen help. She is the best at feedings.
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Teddy - Weighs in at 5 pounds 1.5 ounces!! His eye exam showed that they are still immature. He has a follow up in 2 weeks. Hopefully they will be mature at that point, and then his next one would be in 10-12 months!! He is doing great and may come home a day before Samantha, it really is anyones game at coming home.

As For Me - I do not think the nursery will be ready. We have bassinets for everyone so they will be in our room for the first few months. We are still waiting for the cribs that we ordered 6+ weeks ago to come in. We were told last week they would be on on Weds this week, now they are still 2 weeks out, UGHHH. Also Miss Bridgette's car seat is not in and wont be in for even longer than the cribs (it was suppose to be in on Weds as well). So now I am looking online to try and find hers to get it overnighted so I can cancel from the store I ordered from. Stress not needed. (Sorry for complaining​, I don't get bothered that easy and this really bothers me)

But all in all most is good stress awaiting the babies home coming!!

Please pray that all babies do well and are able to come home this week!!

Time is flying!!! Visitors and Volunteer rules!!

Every 2 weeks in the NICU the Doctors rotate shifts. Today we had a new Doctor to us. He was very confident that he will be the one to discharge all 3 babies!! So that means there is an excellent chance all babies will be home within 2 weeks.

Today I got a little taste of what life at home will be like. Starting today all 3 had the same nurse. And starting today I rotated around trying to nurse each baby. Samantha & Teddy actually took full feedings from me and Bridgette took a partial feeding which we topped off with a bottle. Busy Busy Busy.

Samanth​a hit the 6 pound mark, she is actually 6 pounds 1 ounce WOW!!

As Far As Visitors and Volunteers when babies get home.

I am working on getting everything together but here are some guidelines told to us by the Nurses and Doctors.

​RSV is season (October - April)

1. Anyone volunteerin​g or visiting during RSV season needs to have their Flu Shot.

2. If you have a sniffle or have recently been around someone sick, as much as we want to see you, please wait at least 3 days after symptoms are gone.

3. Please Do Not smoke before visiting the babies. Persons smelling of smoke will not be allowed to see the babies. The nurses were very strict about this point.

4. During RSV season it is recommended not to allow Toddlers and infants to visit. (But once May gets here we would love to get together)
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5. Hand washing and sanitizing very important, we will have tons of hand sanitizer all over the house.

6. Please greet the Big Sisters first and have them introduce you to the babies. (Okay this is our rule)

I will update more about visiting and volunteers. We are so very excited to get everyone home. Right now we are planning that the first week home we will spend the week getting to know eachother before we have volunteers and visitors.

Thank-Y​ou Thank-You for praying for us.