Momentum

Isaac has tolerated being out of the Oxy Hood for two days now.

He is still requiring significant amounts of oxygen (usually 35-40%), but the doctor yesterday said he is doing "amazingly well". He has very little reserve so they have to increase his oxygen whenever he gets restless or is stimulated at all. This afternoon his oxygen was down to 32%. Yay! Go Isaac!

What he needs is some good momentum. In the past, each time he has started to improve, Isaac got hit with another complication. At least he is headed in the right direction again and now all we can do is be patient and wait. Because he he is out of the Oxy Hood we are able to hold him, which we did twice yesterday and then I kangarooed with him today. After several days of only being able to look at him or touch him, the ability to hold him again is such a treat.

Parker and Emery are now taking significant portions of their feedings using a bottle. They are also doing well at controlling their temperature. So much so that as of today they are being dressed in clothes (hospital snap shirts that are much too big) and swaddled in their isolettes. Why is this important? It means that I finally get to dress them in their preemie clothes! I am headed over to the hospital tonight bearing clothes for them. They will most likely be out of the isolettes in the next few days and Isaac should be right behind them.

So it just hit me yesterday that they will be coming home soon (relatively-- in another three weeks or so). As a result I have shifted into overdrive. There are so many things I would like to have ready and projects I would like to complete before they come home (I am under no delusion that I will actually accomplish ANYTHING besides diapering, feeding and doctors' appointments for the first few months). So now I am taking all that nervous energy from the last few weeks and directing it towards my lists. And they are long! But I am so enjoying the anticipation of having them come home. One of my projects is to organize my pictures... the hundreds of pictures we have taken so far and not reviewed. I promise to have a few to post tomorrow.