4 weeks old

We had a great day celebrating their 4th week of life.  We held both kids this evening.  I held Grayson and Trish held Scarlett.  We'd like to alternate but its hard to coordinate.  We can only get them out around their care times, which is 8 times/day.  Trying to line that up with our life and Trish's pumping schedule (that was redundant because that pretty much is her life, haha) can be tough.

Grayson broke his fever around noon today.  Thankfully he was showing his personality again this evening.  The nurse put him on his belly and twice he dug his feet in and raised himself in the air, arching his back.

Scarlett had a dose of laxics yesterday and is losing a lot of the puffiness.  Her XRay showed that her lungs were not as inflated as they were before, but she is compensating for it with her breathing.  Today, they were able to significantly ween her oxygen.  Most of the day she was around 30%, whereas the day before she spent most of the day in the 40s and even up to 50%.

Grayson with a pacifier and his neoguard holding his ET tube in place. 

Scarlett wearing her SiPAP setup.  They alternate between nost prongs (which she is wearing now) and the mask that goes over top of her nose.  The dark strap is a chinstrap so she doesn't lose pressure keeping her mouth open.