Sorry it has been so long since I posted! We have been anxiously awaiting the final approval for bringing the babies home. We spent the night at the hospital last night, and got home today around 2:30 PM. It is so great to have the boys home! Everything went very smoothly during our "rooming in." John and I worked well as a team to get everything done. I slept between feedings, but John couldn't sleep. He was too busy checking on the boys!
Today's homecoming, however, is bittersweet since we had to leave baby Avery at the hospital. :( A speech therapist came by yesterday to perform a suck/swallow assessment on Avery. After only a few minutes of feeding Avery, the speech therapist knew that Avery just has immature skills in the feeding area. She is not able to simultaneously suck, swallow, and breathe. This is a typical preemie issue, and she will grow out of it in a matter of days! Dr. Grubbs said this was the best news we could get for Avery: there is nothing medically wrong with her...she just needs some more time to develop. We forget that the triplets still aren't even supposed to be born for 4 more weeks! For now she will go back to taking a bottle at every other feed, so that she can have time to rest and to develop the eating skill. Today she ate very well at her feeds, so we are on the right track!
Here are some pictures of the homecoming! Aaron is always in the blue hat. There is also a picture of Dr. Grubbs and Nurse Brandy holding the babies. Brandy has been the triplets primary nurse, and she has done an EXCELLENT job! We are so thankful for her and the whole NPCU staff.
It is a wonderful feeling to have Aaron and Adam here. We can't wait for Avery to come home too!
2 comments:
Oh my gosh! I am so happy for you. I will see you soon.
Bridgett
Avery just wants to strut in fashionably late. What a chick move, I mean really. The boys will just get the lay of the land and report back to the queen. Very good news. Next stage begins.
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