NICU.....truly amazing

Monday June 23 12:05 pm

Heather continues do well all things considered. Her blood pressure fluctuates from the
140's-160's / low 80's-90...which is pretty good considering. Her blood work continues to come back in good shape.......Our doc this morning actually said her labs were great. All this leaves us encouraged yet grounded in the reality of the situation we are in. Last night found us taking a tour of the NICU......it was amazing. Of course my mathematically trained brain went into logistics mode and I actually felt better once i saw everything. To see all of the technology that they had to help the little babies made me feel better. Heather saw it from a more realistic point of view which reiterated our concern of the situation. We got to see a boy that only weighed 1 pound 4 ounces which is smaller than both Tyler and Parker currently are. To see him there with all the machines hooked up was surreal. We're both glad we got to see it all as it took the "mystery" out of some of it. It really would have been devastating if we would have waited and not seen it until the boys are here. A doc and a nurse both gave us a stat at different times. It's not accurate by any stretch since each one gave us different stat, but here's the gist of it: every day that we keep the boys in the womb is 3-5 fewer days that they will have to be in the NICU. This morning they took Heather down to the first floor for an in depth ultra sound. Everything looked good. Technically we are at 26 weeks 4 days right now, but the ultra sound readings had the boys at 25 weeks and 25 weeks five days. There is a +/- of 13 days built into the ultra sound readings so I think we are still fine. It was just a little unsettling to hear them being evaluated several days behind where we actually are. They did give us their estimated weight and they have gained a few ounces each since last Thursday, so that's optomistic. That's what's happening in room 3812!!! Thanks to those who have left us a message!!! It's nice to hear what's going on out in the real world. Heather loves to hear what's going on with everyone:)