Nicholas and Joseph : 10 Weeks!!!

I can't believe it's already been 10 weeks! The improvements we have seen over this time is amazing and to see our babies grow outside of the womb has not only been stressful, but amazing at the same time!!! The boys are doing great, and Nicholas pulled out his NG tube today, and the nurse and doctor decided to leave it out for the time being so all of his feeds are being done orally!!! He took 2 ounces by bottle this afternoon and Kalleigh and I are heading back to the hospital together tonight to do some more feedings!! Hopefully Nicholas can keep the NG tube out, which makes it one step closer for him to come home!!!

Joseph is doing great too, he is up to 5lbs 9oz and is breast feeding really well. We will attempt to feed him orally again tonight so most of his feedings today were without the NG tube! Because Joseph is still on oxygen at this point in the development the doctor might try a diuretic to help with the flow, however since he was born with the heart condition we have to be careful because a diuretic can sometimes propose more risk than good, so before they make any decisions Joseph will have an echo tomorrow so the cardiologist can look at his heart. They haven't had a look at his heart for a while so it "can't hurt" as teh doctor put it today! So hopefully tomorrow everything looks normal, and they can try the diuretic to get him off of the oxygen this week! The doctor wasn't concerned though and said their development is right on track, especially for boys who are usually a few weeks behind as compared to girls!!!