Apnea Monitor Results

Well, we are very relieved and comforted with the results from the apnea monitors.  I got a call yesterday morning and the girls are doing wonderfully.  Each girl had only one true spell show up on the monitor report!  Each of them had a bradycardia spell the first week we were home and nothing since then. 
When people say identical twins you usually think of two peole that were born at the same time and look alike.  In Brooklyn and Brienna's case they are trying to prove that they maybe even closer than that!  The spells that registered for the girls happened with in 24 hours of each other, were the same type of spell and lasted the exact same amount of time.  Brooklyn had one spell on January 21 in which her heart rate dropped to 49 beats per minute and lasted 16 seconds.  Brienna had one spell on January 22 in which her heart rate dropped to 47 beats per minute and lasted exactly 16 seconds.  The monitors are set to alarm at any heart rate less than 60 beats per minute.  We are comforted by the fact that the girls have not had any spells for over a month and that all of the apnea spells are just "false alarms." 
On a happier note...we are going to be on TV!  The commercial that we taped for Sanford Children's Hospital is going to air on Keloland TV starting on Monday, March 8.  Following are the shows in which to look for the commercial to air:
KELO Morning Show
Early Show on CBS
Young & the Restless
Oprah
KELO 6pm news
CSI NY
Amazing Race
Cold Case
NCIS LA
There will also be a print ad of the twins in the Argus Leader on March 10th and 14th. 
We are having a wonderful week and NO DOCTOR appointments!  Next week Brooklyn will be returning to the eye specialist to have her eyes checked again for prematurity.  We are hoping for good results to eliminate future appointments there!  I hope all is well with you and enjoy your week!