A Triplet By Any Other Name

So we did it.
We named the triplets.


Baby Girl A = Emery Grace



She is easily riled up and definitely feisty. One of the nurses calls her "Princess" since she has a big attitude for someone just over 2 lbs. Although she is the smallest, Emery leads the pack in terms of her progress since delivery. She is gaining weight, is off all oxygen, has started small feedings through a tube, loves her pacifier and has started to open her eyes frequently on days that she isn't under the bilirubin lights (in which case she is sporting her "cool" sunglasses). I have been able to "kangaroo" (hold her against my upper chest while she is tucked inside my shirt or a robe) with her twice.

Baby Boy B = Parker Robert



Now this boy has a temper. And it is serving him well. At one point it took 3 full-grown adults to hook him back up to a CPAP when he had an episode of bronchospasms and it was believed he would require some respiratory support overnight. He arched up so high that only his hands and lower legs were touching his bed. By the way, Parker won. The doctor decided that if he was doing well enough to throw such a fit that his respiratory status must be more stable than initially thought :-). Parker is also gaining weight, tolerating small feedings and is off all oxygen but has a nasal cannula that gives him a minute amount of humidified air. I have also been able to kangaroo with him. In this picture he had been given a new hairstyle by one of the nurses. Very Chic!


Baby Boy C = Isaac Matthew



Isaac has had the most medical problems since delivery. But he is a fighter and has made very significant progress. At this point he is only getting a small amount of oxygen through nasal cannula although he has been off and on CPAP for the last few days. He truly dislikes being forced to lay on his back. Only in the last few days has he figured out what to do with a pacifier... and it appears we may have created a monster :-). At one point the other night, either Matt, Jennifer (my sister) or I had to hold his paci for nearly 2 hours to keep him calm. He is receiving IV caffeine (which helps with his respiratory and cardiac status) and one nurse calls herself "Nurse S.tarbucks" as she hooks him up at night.


I am doing a little better every day. Despite a daily discussion with myself that I will take it easy and get lots of rest... I find myself overdoing it on a constant basis. But it feels so fabulous to be home and able to move... albeit slowly... often while teetering like a drunk :-). Jennifer arrived just as I was discharged from the hospital and has been a great help. She drives me around and does her best to get me to rest. We have been having a lot of fun and she has done much to get the baby clothes and supplies organized and washed.

So far so good.