January 22, 2010

Tenley - Slow and steady still for this cutie. She appears to have gained some weight but has yet to open her eyes. She has the longest frog legs I've ever seen! She was off the Billi light for 24 hrs but is now back on it...par for the course. She had her last dose of the PDA medicine and the test results showed the artery closed...yay! It is possible it could open again but its good that she responds to the treatment. She got her first 1CC of milk today via tube feeding however only digested .1 CCs. This, again, is just par for the course...getting her body use to digesting mom's milk. She keeps getting fed this amount every 3 hrs until next week when they hopefully increase it.





Will - Will is on his down swing, which we were warned is common for the boys. He had a pretty big crash in his stats and has since had some issues. His catscan found grade IV bleeding in the brain which is the highest level. The blood is in the brain tissue and cannot be reversed, we just have to hope and pray it doesn't get worse. He has his next catscan next week so we'll know more then. For now though, it could just be nothing or something that will show in later years (seizures and learning disabilities are a few of the possibilities). He has also perhaps had a seizure and is on Phenobarb to suppress future episodes.