A Big Move

The boys have been reunited once again. They are now co-bedding again and both have Tucker Slings which helps keep them up right on the incline in their bed. Our nurse today didn’t think that it would be a problem to have Kaden elevated too. We are happy to see them together again.
On another note, we have been moved out of the East Pod to the Center Pod today for staffing purposes. We almost had a window room and a roommate but I threw a little fit and told them I preferred privacy over a window. There was absolutely no reason why we should have a roommate when there were several empty rooms (the staffing problem is that things are slow). I think our nurse felt bad because I think she could tell I was not happy with the move. There are people whose babies have only been there a few days and will be going home sooner than ours that could have moved. I am a little irritated that they would move someone who has been there as long as us and still has some time to go. We had made our other room feel more comfortable and then we had to move. Oh well, maybe we will have better luck in this room and we will get out of there sooner.
Both boys are making progress. Braylon has less brady spells and Kaden’s respiratory rate has been normal. They were even able to decrease Kaden’s high flow cannula from 3 liters to 2 liters. Once he can get down to 1 liter and nipple all of his feeds he will be really close to going home, even if it is with oxygen. He has a few brady spells but not nearly as many as his brother did. The nurse tonight said that he is improving by leaps and bounds and thinks that he won’t be too far behind Braylon. He is nippling every other feed and would nipple all of them if he had the stamina which will only come with a little more time and practice.
Braylon has had several massive poops today after being stopped up for over 24 hours. Thank goodness we moved him out of preemie diapers into size ones just in time because he would’ve had several major blowouts today.
I was able to hold both of the boys together tonight and it was so entertaining. They were both wide awake and interacting with each other. They were grabbing at each other’s faces and staring at each other. Braylon grabbed a hold of Kaden’s tubes and Kaden tried to suck on Braylon’s fingers. Brenda was able to get lots of good pictures and I will try and post them tomorrow.