Monday, October 19, 2009

Two is hard how do we do three?



Well Brody has been home for almost two weeks and doing great. We sure didn't really know his personality until now. He is kinda grumpy. Well I guess it is expected. He doesn't like to be moved or carried around, I guess he isn't use to it. He startles very easy and hates his feet touched. He sleeps pretty well normally 3-4 hours and then he is hungry. He is in our room for most of the night then one of us normally goes down stairs with him. He has had 4 doctors appointments so far and all have been great. He is currently 8 pounds 6 ounces. He is still on oxygen and we feel he doesn't really need it but it does make us feel a little more comfortable.
Drew is doing great. The same week that Brody came home Drew had his major reconnection surgery. He also has a corrective surgery to his eyes the same one that Brody had. The surgery was a little under 9 hours. He did well and came through successfully. When they went in they found an additional perforation that they had to cut out. With two different spots reconnected is a little more risk. Over half of his large intestines is cut out and he has two different reconnection spots. Long term the doctors say he shouldn't have any issues. His eye surgery also went great. He passed stool a few days later which is a great sign that things are working well. We were very happy about poop. Feeding him is risky and was put on hold to help with growing and healing. Saturday he was feed 7 cc and did great. He was feed with a bottle which is another mile stone because he has only had one bottle in his 126 days. He isn't the best at eating and is being taught how to breath, suck, and swallow. It seems that he is waking up ready to eat. This makes us really happy because we think he is hungry and never really gets that full milk drunk feeling that babies need to sleep well. Drew is amazing and we can't wait to get him home and allow him to be a baby and not a patient.
Big sister is hanging in there. She really likes it when both of us are home but has a little bit of a hard time when only one mom is here. I'm not sure that it is having Brody home or being stuck in the house all the time. She isn't use to being in the house all the time. We normally take her everywhere. Wonder what she will think when we bring Drew home?

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