Good News: Hayden and Donovan no longer have IVs coming out of their heads.
Bad News: Hayden and Donovan both thought they would prove how tough they were by tearing their IVs out of their heads. Now they have their IVs in their feet. It was very sad to see them cry (and bleed), but they are alright and doing fine after todays little scares.
Other News: Both of them remain in their incubators and will stay inside them for some time. They may get lights tomorrow since both are showing signs of Jaundice.
Melissa and I visit them as often as we can and we spend about an hour and a half with them when we visit. they are on 3 hour intervals. During the first hour, Donovan is usually awoken first for his vitals and feeding. He moved from 8ccs of formula late last night all the way to 14ccs tonight. Hayden did the same, just a little bit slower in pace. We usually hold Donovan for 45 minutes or so and Melissa may try to breast feed him. During the second hour, Melissa will hold Hayden and try to feed him and I will hold Donovan during that time for several minutes. I will then hold Hayden. then we go hang out upstairs for an hour or so. We repeat this cycle through out the day and part of the night. Melissa will usually go back to the room to nap or pump in the intervening hour.
Everything seems to be going all right. Both of them appear to be progressing and they are not dropping significant amounts of weight . . . yet. The doctors forewarned us it may come. Both boys have been able to latch on to Melissa with feeding which is a very good thing.
Melissa and I will stay in the hospital at least through Tuesday if they have rooms available. That way, Melissa does not have to travel in the car and risk any injury to herself from her surgery. We may stay longer depending on the outlook for the boys, again, assuming the hospital has room.
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