June 28, 2010

Now, if I were a bettin' man (which I am neither a man nor someone who likes to gamble) I would say there is finally a light at the end of this tunnel. The exact date is still yet to be determined...your guess is as good as mine at this point; however I'm using this as an opportunity to reintroduce the "Kinloch-Ready Recipes" link showing on the right hand side of the screen. If you've been wondering what you can do to help this family out, that is your one-stop shop for an answer. The new family is absolutely food-less. And, with mom now eating small amounts of real cheese due to neither baby having an allergy, it makes it even easier to cook for them. These recipes are already taste-tested. That being said, if you have another low-carb (sugar-free) meal, please feel free to make that. The recipes listed are just for those of you, like myself, who like easy recipes. And again, bringing a meal over is a great excuse to see the cuties in person (believe me - these pictures don't even hold a candle to what they are like in person...although I may just be a biased Aunt).

Since Will's stomach was not as small as Tenley's, the surgeon went ahead and put him on the compressed feeds with his sister today. That means they will be getting their full feed during a two hour period of time. If that goes well after 24 hours or so, they will reduce it down to 1.5 hours and so on until they are eating all their meals in a normal amount of time. Today they tested out a five minute "from the source" feeding. Both babies did really well although Will stopped after awhile to stare and smile at mommy.

Tenley had a car seat test last week - they have to be able to sit in the car seat for at least an hour with no D-Sat's or Brady's. She passed with flying colors, well, she fell asleep for almost 2.5 hours...same thing. Will is going to have his test this evening. On Wednesday, they have a swallow test to determine if they have any issues still with swallowing or aspirating during feeding.