Hazel seems to be tolerating her new feeding schedule so far, which is great! She is up to 5 ml/4 hours. As long as she continues to tolerate it, they will increase it 1 ml each shift (every 12 hours) to a maximum of 10. Jude is up to 4.5 ml/hour and he's getting increased .5 ml each shift if he's tolerating it. Yay! We can start getting rid of the milk that is overtaking our freezer (and our neighbors'). Please pray they continue to do well feeding. The more milk they are able to digest, the less extra nutrients they need, which will eventually result in them getting rid of their picc lines (yay for 1 less IV!).
They both continue to struggle with breathing. The nurse reminded us this morning that the lungs are the last thing to develop so it will just take time. Also, the doctor said that as they get bigger, they will make new lung tissue, but that is a process that just takes a lot of time.
Jude weighed in at a whopping 3 lbs 8 oz last night and Hazel was 3 lbs 5 oz. These numbers still fluctuate a bit due to all the fluids they're on, but it seems they are both growing.
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Hooray for milk and growing babies!
Good job, babies, keep on growing! I'll be praying for patience and peace in waiting for you both and comfort for the babies.
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