Day 76!!!

I apologize for missing my post yesterday, but everything is fine with the boys!!!  Nicholas is officially on countdown to come home!!! We are at day 2 of 7 now, and Kalleigh had to bring the car seat to the NICU yesterday!!!  The nurses will put Nicholas in his car seat for a few hours to make sure he doesn't experience any episodes and that he is able to tolerate the moving.  This is a very exciting week for us and we are hoping that Nicholas does great and can come home soon!!!   Of course we will not be too disappointed if he has an episode, because the nurses let us know that this cycle can go on for a little while!  So we will remain cautiously optimistic that one of our babies may be home by this time next week!!! 

Nicholas also passed his hearing test yesterday, and the doctor ordered his caloric intake to be increased because she wanted his average weekly weight gain to increase a little bit.  Nicholas now weighs 5lb 3.75oz, so they are hoping he puts on a few more ounces before he comes home.  He has been doing really good with his bottle feeds and when Kalleigh nurses him as well!! 

Joseph has also been doing really good with his feedings, but he is an eater!!!  He takes a little more concentration while feeding him because he likes to try and guzzle the whole bottle which in turn can make him choke or experience an episode, so we keep a close eye on him during bottles!  But he is doing really good and now weighs 5lb 13.5oz!!!  Joseph will have his hearing test either today or next week, and the nurses will try and take him off of his 'micro flow' oxygen next week!!! 

As we look at the calendar and have gone through 76 days of this, we are amazed by how close the doctors were to their anticipated discharge date of November 12th which was their original due date.  We know that this can change, but if all continues on the path that it has, it looks like we will have both boys home by that date, so we will keep our fingers crossed!!!  Kalleigh and I couldn't be more blessed by the continued thoughts and prayers that we receive on a daily basis from everyone, and we cannot thank you enough for your support during this amazing chapter in our lives!!!