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!