Hump Day Thoughts For Grandma

Before I get to an update on the girls, they each asked me offer a "get well soon" to grandma. Unfortunately, there's a chance that she's come down with a case of the shingles. She goes for a followup doctor's visit on Friday but since she first got the word on Monday, she hasn't been able to spend any time with her newest granddaughters. Her doctor wasn't too keen on her interacting with one-week olds until he knew for sure if she had shingles or not. Here's hoping that she gets a thumbs up on Friday and can reacquaint herself with the newest additions to the family!

But even though she hasn't been able to spend time with the girls, Braelyn especially has been getting a big assist from grandma. Since The Peanut weighed even less than we thought, she couldn't fit into any clothes. The last two days, grandma has made "preemie" outfit runs to make sure poor Braelyn is dressed in clothes that aren't falling off her.

As for Braelyn, she's made quite a fuss of late. A couple of days ago, she seemed to finally get the concept of nursing. However, these last couple of days have been challenging to say the least. Still, she just finished a VERY good feeding session so hopefully she's getting back on track. Her morning on Wednesday got off to quite a start as she got her first bath at home.

One thing we know for sure about Gwendolyn is that she won't have any nursing issues. Our little chunk took to both of Heather's breasts during her bed-side feeding with mom today. Good for her because she needs all the strength she can get. Both her head and kidney scans came back positively... we're not sure if that will once again alter our timeline for her release. We were told that since today's kidney test went so well, the last test scheduled for Friday might be canceled altogether.

Gwen's also been given a four-part exercise regimen by one of the hospital's P.T.'s. We're going to try and meet up with her later this week so we can get a first-hand look at what therapy we need to ensure Gwen's completing after her release. Actually, we've got quite a few hospital meetings that need to transpire between now and release day (whenever that finally happens). Between the physical therapist, lactation specialist, spina bifida clinic staffers, neurosurgeon and plastic surgeon consults, etc, we'll be spending more time at the hospital than the actual medical staffers do I fear. Still, it'll all be worth it in the end!!!

So that's all that's fit to print for Wednesday... the good part of these latest blog entries is that they are honestly getting closer and closer to the typical "our first babies" updates, which is nice. I can't wait for a medial jargon free blog entry... hopefully I can post one by early next week!!!

Have a good one!