Day 2 - 64 Days until due date

Well the boys have made it through their first full day in the NICU! I put 64 days until due date, because that is what the nurses tell us is a good expectation to have of when they can come home (give or take 14 days). So far they are doing really well. Both Winston and William have been taken off of their ventilators and the nurses were able to start giving them some of Alex's colostrum which we hope will help to build up their immune systems.

Winston has been having issues keeping his blood pressure up, so they have been giving him lots of fluid and may put in a PICC line today to help him get that up. He also still has a central line in his umbilical cord so that they can more easily collect blood samples from him to check his blood gas levels.

William has been the rockstar early on. He came out with weaker cries, but has been all progress ever since. He is off his ventilator and his vitals have been great. He has also been responding well to his early little feedings they give him through his feeding tube. The best part is that because he is doing so well we got to hold him! They gave us 90 minutes with him late last night and Alex got to hold him for 1 hour and I got 30 minutes with him. He responded really well to it and we should get to hold him for at least an hour now every day as long as he stays stable. He is so light and so little

I also got to help change William's diaper and of course on my first diaper change had my first experience of him peeing all over. So not only did I get to help change his diaper but I got to change his sheets as well :-)

Hopefully Winston will only be a day or two behind William so that we can hold them together and get our first family picture with both the additions.

Here are a couple of pics of the experience: