Darrell and Nadia

Nadia Cole

Nadia is up to almost 5lbs. She has been home for 2 weeks. However, on Thursday of this week she is going back in for more surgery. She isn't gaining weight so they are going to take the colostomy out and resection her intestines together. No more ostomy bag!


Darrell Abbott


Darrell is up to almost 7lbs now! He is having some breathing problems since he has pulmonary edema. They are adjusting his medications to help him out. He probably won't go home without some sort of oxygen.

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Darrell and Nadia

Darrell, is doing really well. He is up to 1lb 9oz (2 oz above birthweight and up 8 1/2 oz since the first week of life). He has also gained 1/2 inch! He is such a chillin little man. Everytime I go see him, he has his left arm behind his head and one or both legs out of the cozy! His vent keeps going down and is now in the 30% range. They can do kangaroo care with Darrell whenever and my brother did it for the first time yesterday! His feeding tube is back in and he is getting breast milk again (he so loves the booby milk!).

Nadia had to have a procedure last weekend to drain ookies from her tummy. She has 2 perforations in her bowel. The tube should help her intestines heal themselves without surgery. She got to do kangaroo care with mom yesterday! Her kidneys are functioning again (they shut down briefly when the trauma in her tummy happened) and they've stopped the dopamine and replacement fluids. She still isn't recieving breast milk due to the perforations.

We received a call this morning that they are taking Nadia to surgery either at University or Children's. They went to move her and the ookies started draining from her tummy again. The perforations aren't healing themselves so they have to do it surgically. It is very hard on the micropreemies to be under anesthesia since they are so small. Please keep her in your prayers!

Please pray for Nadia

Little Miss Nadia has some internal bleeding. The doctors and nurses believe it may be around her liver. She is not clotting properly and that is the only way to fix the bleed. She is doing good, though, and they are keeping her comfortable until they can get it fixed.

Darrell is doing well. He is getting continuous breast milk through a feeding tube and is fattening up. He is such a mellow little guy! He is up 2oz after he lost 6 1/2oz. Keep on growing, little man!

My brother and sister-in-law are on edge and worried right now. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers as well!

Introducing.......

Nadia Cole 1lb 3.5oz 12" long born 1-4-08 10:39am

AND


Darrell Abbott 1lb 7oz 12 1/2" long born 1-4-08 10:40am

I am an aunt!

So much is going on.....

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