Sunday, August 30, 2009

Good day, big day tomorrow...

Today was a really good day. Rachel was taken off the ventilator and that is a huge milestone. She is now on the CPAC bubble like her brother is and keeps making great progress. Callum although he is small is still doing wonderfully. They say the first 72 hours are the most critical so if they can make it through tomorrow w/o any major new complications it would be a real blessing.

Another neat thing was that we were given a reconfirmation on going off of the magnesium. The twins each have a lot of magnesium in their systems. The longer I stayed on it, would have made their treatment harder. I think my doctor was right in balancing gestational age with mag treatment. It has helped me feel less like I did something wrong by going off this stuff.

Aunt Eliza came to town for us and our niece Sienna's birthday. That was really special. She helped me do makeup and hair for the first time since I started hospital bedrest 2 months ago. I think it solidfied fears though... Tomorrow I go home and that is really difficult for me. I don't know really how to balance living in another town, healing from a major surgery, reconnecting with my toddler whom I've not cared for in two months, being here for my NICU babies. I still really don't know what to do and neither does Chris. Everyone at work has been awesome and so have both families helping us balance but the challenge of the cupcakes being an hour away from home everyday just makes it very difficult.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Good day, big day tomorrow...

Today was a really good day. Rachel was taken off the ventilator and that is a huge milestone. She is now on the CPAC bubble like her brother is and keeps making great progress. Callum although he is small is still doing wonderfully. They say the first 72 hours are the most critical so if they can make it through tomorrow w/o any major new complications it would be a real blessing.

Another neat thing was that we were given a reconfirmation on going off of the magnesium. The twins each have a lot of magnesium in their systems. The longer I stayed on it, would have made their treatment harder. I think my doctor was right in balancing gestational age with mag treatment. It has helped me feel less like I did something wrong by going off this stuff.

Aunt Eliza came to town for us and our niece Sienna's birthday. That was really special. She helped me do makeup and hair for the first time since I started hospital bedrest 2 months ago. I think it solidfied fears though... Tomorrow I go home and that is really difficult for me. I don't know really how to balance living in another town, healing from a major surgery, reconnecting with my toddler whom I've not cared for in two months, being here for my NICU babies. I still really don't know what to do and neither does Chris. Everyone at work has been awesome and so have both families helping us balance but the challenge of the cupcakes being an hour away from home everyday just makes it very difficult.