Today is day 41 in the hospital. The doctor planned on Sarah discharging today, but her blood pressure is still high and her swelling is still severe too, so they are going to keep her and decide if they need to give her IV Lasix, which would mean starting another IV. I feel bad because this pregnancy has been very hard on Sarah both physically and emotionally. Now it is the waiting game to see if her body starts to get rid of all the extra fluid by itself. Sarah's parents came up to see us in the morning and brought Sarah a bagel from Sunrise Bagels. My Mom and Dad brought us dinner from home after they dropped off Hayden at Bob and Nancy's (they will keep Hayden until Monday night). It was awesome because it was actually a home cooked meal for once. Thanks Mom and Dad. My Mom and Dad got to watch an entire feeding from start to finish. They got to see how long it takes. By the time we get totally done, we have about an hour break before the next one. All 3 babies ate 8 ml each at the 11 PM feeding when nursing from Sarah. They can tell this because they weigh each baby right before and right after breastfeeding. They are slowly, but surely, learning how to suck. They take about 1/3 of their feedings by bottle, then the rest through their feeding tubes. Their feeding schedule for the day consists of rotating every other feeding with either breastfeeding or bottle, then gavage (feeding tube). They tire out too easily to try to have them suck every feeding, so we give them a break after each time they bottle or breast feed. Also, their current weights are:
Hunter 5 lb 3.4 oz
Hadley 4 lb 7.8 oz
Holden 4 lb 12.1 oz
Thanks for all your prayers, keep them coming!
-Casey
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