34 Weeks and National Champions

We were transferred to the BPD clinic today.  They were able to get a room with two beds!  I guess typically they keep 1 bed open, but today they discharged a patient who had an empty bed next to them so the medical team decided to move both babies into those bed spots.  More evidence God is in control!

We tried to take pictures but they didn't turn out very well, so we will try again tomorrow.  The twins had eye exams today so we had to keep the lights off.  The suite is huge!  Here is my best attempt at a paint drawing to give you an idea of the layout.  The perspective is off but you can look back at this diagram when you see the pictures.

You can see that we have our own "half" of a quad, with a large common area with plenty of seats.  They also had a bouncy seat set up and this unit has a large focus on development, so I imagine they use that space for the bigger kids.  As the practitioner said to us earlier tonight, "Its easy to Sat 100 when you are lying in optimal position, but this unit focuses on keeping them saturated while they do age-appropriate movements."

We will start a steep learning curve tomorrow at rounds.  Today was really just transitioning into the unit.  They made a few changes today:

• Lasix go from every other day/twice per day, to every day/once per day.  They feel the consistency takes some of the variables away.
• Scarlett will go back onto a CPAP.  They won't do flows that fast on nasal cannula.  She has been on a flow of 3 and 4, but at her weight the BPD unit won't go faster than 0.3.  They want them to keep their lungs well inflated as it promotes growth.
• We will hold off on feeding until next week.  At 37 weeks, we can give them 1 bottle/day, even while they are on CPAP.

The facilities are a huge step up for us.  It will be impossible for us to compare the staff.  Riverside was perfect for us the first 10 weeks.  I hope our old nurses are part of the twins lives for a long time, and know they will be in our hearts forever.  This unit seems to be what we need medically, now and moving forward.

We also had a couple check-ups done today, eyes and head.  Neither kid had any changes with their ROP or brains.

The transitions threw us off our schedules.  Grayson is looking very concerned that we forgot about his meal time! 

This was how Scarlett looked when I showed up tonight.  She may have been guarding her eyes from any further attacks (she had her ROP exam today) or she may have been being her dramatic self! 

Right after her first tub bath.  We removed her nasal cannula and this is the last picture before her CPAP comes back on :-/  She also is pretty hungry but luckily she found something to chew on!