The boys have been doing better these past couple of days. Kaden is back to alternating between the c-pap and the high flow cannula. He sure enjoys this much more, but he definitely needs his break and a little extra help from the c-pap. By the end of his four hours he is working harder to breath and the doctor said he loses his lung capacity which the c-pap helps to build back up. The ultrasound of his heart came back normal, so they think that it is just stress causing the color changes and the desats. The continuous feed has helped with the stomach issues, but they were never able to get the tube to fall down to his intestines so they just left it in his stomach and removed the other.
Braylon is back on the regular cannula and doing well. He has had fewer desats and bradys the past couple of days and continues to gain weight. Today when Bryan and I showed up for the boys’ morning care times a woman was holding Braylon. Bryan and I both looked at each other and thought, who is this strange lady holding our son. It turned out she was a physical therapist who was working with Braylon to decide if he will be ready to start working on breastfeeding soon. She showed us different things to work on to get Braylon ready to breastfeed and said that developmentally he is doing great for his gestational age.
Kaden was still a little too stressed to work with the physical therapist today but she did show us some things to work on to help him until she feels comfortable working with him in a couple of days. Everyone keeps saying he is nowhere near being able to work towards breastfeeding right now but we can keep encouraging him to use his pacifier to help him practice sucking and breathing.
Daddy headed back today so he could work the next three days. The boys and I are already anxiously waiting for Saturday when he will be back up here with us. We miss him so much when he is gone. Grammie Brenda will be staying with me until Thursday or Friday of this week to keep me company. This will really make the time go by much quicker. My parents, brother, and my grandma will be back up Saturday afternoon and Bryan will be back in the evening. I just keep telling myself, another week down.

Mommy holding Kaden


Daddy holding Braylon


They are still in the NICU but they already have Papa all worn out


Grammie Marcie holding Braylon


Papa Darold holding Braylon


Papa Mike holding Braylon


The first bad habit we will have to break (look closely, this is what Bryan discovered when opening Braylon's bed)


Kaden's 3 week picture with his bear


Braylon's 3 week picture with his bear


Braylon all balled up