Update

There isn't much new here today, but the plan for the week is to get Jude on the nasal cannula and Hazel off her TPN. These would be big milestones for both of them!

Jude's SiPAP settings will be lowered every 8 hours (as long as he's tolerating it) over the next couple of days before trying the cannula. Hopefully he's ready this time!

Hazel is still tolerating her feeds and they are going to be increased every 12 hours (as long as she's tolerating it). As her feeds are increased, her TPN will be decreased. We're hoping that she's at full feeds sometime within the next week. She's been doing well so far and even had an explosive poop this morning. I think she's learning from her brother!

Jude's still struggling to gain weight and hovers around 4 lbs. The doctor is continually increasing his feeds and the calories added to the breast milk. This is a slow process because the more calories added, the harder it is to digest. They need to make sure he's tolerating it before going up too much.

Hazel, on the other hand, is gaining weight like crazy. She's probably being helped out a lot by the lipids she's still getting. She weighs 4 lbs almost 10 ounces. Whoa!

Tomorrow will be 6 weeks. We still have no idea when the babies will be home, but we are hopeful it will be in 4-6 weeks. They have made so much progress in the past 41 days that we don't think they'll need more than 41 more. But, they are the bosses and will tell us when they're ready. It's great to see them reaching some big milestones though as of late (and hopefully more this week)!