Hard for me to believe... but Isaac and Emery are still in the hospital.
Three times now they have had bradycardic events less than 24 hours before their scheduled discharges.
The episodes aren't serious, but every time they occur, the discharge clock is reset for another 5 days.
As a result, they are both having sleep studies done this weekend and we anticipate they will be coming home this next week on monitors so that we will know if they brady or desat. I'm not actually complaining... we would much rather have them stay in the hospital until they are good and ready to be safely at home. As Matt is fond of saying, "We will have them for 18 years, what's another few days?". In actuality they are still ahead of their projected 40 week discharge date. Otherwise they are both doing great. Isaac is by far the best eater of the bunch and also appears to have the most mellow nature (although Emery may not agree as when I walked into the NICU this morning, he was pummeling her in the head... payback perhaps for the times she has pulled his head around after getting ahold of his oxygen tubing?????).
They are all growing like weeds and currently range around 5 lbs 5 oz. In fact, in a sort of major milestone, they have all officially grown out of their preemie onesies!
Parker seems to have settled into his crib... and his "only baby home" status. He has a particular affinity for his father, being walked, having the word "swish" whispered repeatedly in his ear, being worn in the wrap sling, the cool vibrating crib mattress Matt found, and waking well over an hour before his next feeding.
I drove Mom to the airport this morning :(.
Her help has been invaluable for so many reasons and we are grateful to have had her here for so long. As Dad is serving as mission president, it is not easy for her to be away for so long from their responsibilities. Thanks, Dad for lending us Mom for two weeks! :-)
Sharon arrives tomorrow to help us for a week. We are so lucky! Between Mom and Sharon I hope to have a clue as to what I am doing with these babies by the end of the month.
39 weeks today!
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We had the same issue with two of our girls. They'd do great for days and the night before they were supposed to come home they'd redline. I'd cry every time I got the news they couldn't come home. Hopefully yours will come home soon.
Matt, you have the fathering thing down with the whispering "swish". Next you'll be whispering the "ABC" song to get him to fall asleep in hopes that he'll be reading by age two. Our prayers are that the kids come home soon.
Rich
I love the picture of Isaac and Emery as already bickering siblings! Once they're home, you won't even remember life without them.
So glad at least one cutie is home!! It was nice to talk to you today! :)
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