Last night Brooklyn and Brienna went through a 12 hour apnea observation. The results of the observation are that the girls will be coming home on apnea monitors. They have a form of apnea they refer to as periodic breathing. This is something they will grow out of in time. The monitors will record each spell the girls have and we will return with the monitors in a month to have the spells evaluated. The girls also passed their first test today!!! Brooklyn and Brienna both fit into the their carseats which was a huge relief! No need to buy another one for around $300! They also sat very politely in their carseats for 90 minutes with out any trouble. So, test passed!
The fourth chapter in our journey is about to begin! On January 19, 2010, Brooklyn and Brienna will be discharged from the hospital and we will, for the first time, be together as a family of 6. The day before they were born I had many mixed emotions, nervous, excited, scared and impatient. Those same emotions are rushing back. We are very excited and impatient to have the girls at home but, very nervous and scared about being responsible for their care with out the presence of medical staff! This is the part where we are home and hospital free after 89 days!!
Our nurses have reiterated to us that we need to maintain a rather strict visitor policy for the next few weeks, until the girls' immune systems have matured a little more and we'll be following their guidelines for adapting preemies to the "outside world". So, for now, we ask for your understanding and would appreciate visits from immediate family members (over the age of 10) only. We'll have continued discussions with our doctor at our weekly appointments and will keep you updated as the girls' immune systems develop. We know that many of you have been waiting to meet the girls for awhile now, but the last thing we want is for them to end up back in the NICU because of illness.
In addition, any visitors MUST be perfectly healthy before coming to visit, for obvious reasons. Please call in advance if you'd like to stop by so we can plan accordingly.
Thank you for your continued support and understanding!
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We're so happy to hear that you'll be able to be at home as a family tomorrow! That's wonderful news :) Hopefully everything goes well for you in the upcoming days and weeks with apnea monitors. I'm sure you'll do great caring for them at home. We really are looking forward to meeting Brooklyn and Brienna - hopefully we'll be able to do that soon!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on coming to the next major milestone - God has truly blessed your beautiful family :)
Yay! So happy to hear this for you guys and the girls! God's blessings as you start your next journey as a family of 6!
ReplyDeleteExcellent news! We'll pray all continues to go well. If you need anything, let us know.
ReplyDeleteEric, Jess, Natalie, and Elliott
Awesome! Thrilled that things continue to go better than anticipated!! God is good! Looking forward to seeing all of you in one place & certainly excited to meet the girls in the coming week(s)!
ReplyDeleteLet me know if I can run any errands for you as you get settled into the new "normal". Love you guys!
mike n kelly~
ReplyDeletei heard of your story from amanda and kyle. as you probably know, my husband and i are expecting---i was just down the hall from you at sanford(twice!). :) she told me about your story, and let me peek at your blog. our little one is plugging along, but...not quick enough. your story gives us hope for the long weeks ahead. we pray that God blesses us, as He has your family. thanks for the inspiration! your girls are absolutely beautiful.
God bless!
Ashley and Jason DeRuyter
awesome news...yay! you are gonna have your girls home finally. we didn't let ANYONE in our home other than immediate family until March 1st...we didn't dare risk spreading RSV to our little guys. my own children had to bathe and change clothes at 3:00 in the evening when they got home from school and then we limited even our own kids from holding the boys all the time. They stayed super cleaned and wrapped tightly and I am here to say...it worked. We were blessed to have made it through the sickest time of the year with NOTHING! They got their first cold in May! Be very strict about keeping them inside your home and well until the spring..you won't regret it at all. And for anyone who wanted to call me "over the top", I said, "sure, i am...do you have any idea what we went through to have these babies here..." HA! Nobody ever questioned me. I am so happy for yall. Praise God the girls are doing so wonderfully and have had no problems.
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