Hump Day

Thankfully we had another boring day today.  Early this morning, tests showed that Grayson needed a blood transfusion.  Scarlett actually started with more red blood cells so even though they both decreased by the same amount (they keep taking their blood to check the gas levels), she probably won't need a transfusion until Thursday or Friday.  We hope the new blood will help his oxygen levels.  He went back under the lights because his liver won't process the bilirubin in the new blood, and his levels were already too high.  Their lung X-rays showed minor improvement in the ICE, but they don't expect things to change over night.  Scarlett's right lung still looks good.

Here is a video of Grayson having the hiccups.  And apparently boys sticking their hands in their pants is something genetic, as you will see him do at 4 days old (26 weeks and 2 days gestation) ;-)  You will also hear the oscillator machine in the background.

Here is Scarlett taking a look:

Here are pics "with" our kiddos:

And here is a picture of how many people God uses to help these fighters.  Today, they both had their own nurses.  This won't always be the case, but while they are "sicker" they will do this as best as they can with their staff.  Their nurses today were Meghan and Becca. I think we have had Becca 3 out of 4 days and today she signed up as Grayson's "primary" so she will typically be his nurse.  Meghan travels between all of the Children's facilities but we wish we could keep her too!

There is also a Neonatal Physician, Nurse Practitioner, Dietitian, Occupational Therapist, and Social Worker among others.

The 7p-7a nurses are new to them, but I am sure they are fantastic too!