Both Hope and Jack have had a great week and made a lot of progress in the NICU. Jack has gained 1.0 oz per day over the last 7 days and is now 3 lbs 13.3 oz. He is up to eating 88% of his feedings by mouth and is only days away from getting his feeding tube taken out. He was moved to an open air crib at the end of the week and is doing a great job maintaining his body temp outside of his igloo. He is definitely more alert and awake these days as he packs on the ounces. Hope is currently 5 lbs 9.2 oz and has gained 1.3 oz per day over the last 7 days. She has had her feeding tube out for the last few days and has been eating a ton from the bottle. She passed her car seat test and it is rumored she will be discharged tonight. I won't believe it until she is in the car with us going home, but our chances look good to having her home with us. It will be tough to leave Jack behind and to separate the twins (tough on me, not sure they will notice the separation themselves), but luckily Jack has been doing so well on his feedings and body temp lately and I am hopeful he is just days from joining Hope at home.
Here are a couple shots of the nursery. There is still nothing on the walls, but we are otherwise all set up and ready to go. The second crib is currently in our bedroom, but will eventually go along the same wall with the current crib. I hope to put them in one crib together initially, but we will have to wait and see how they do together as they may be adjusted to being apart after the NICU time.
Our first complete family shot ---
Mother's Day surprise from the night shift nurses!!!
First shot of Jack in an open air crib
My first Mother's Day and the first time I held both Jack and Hope at the same time. :-)
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