One Month Stats

The babies had their one month pediatrician appointment today and they are all thriving.They actually weighed Kesleigh twice because they were surprised she had gained so much weight:) They all got one shot today and were not happy about it but are doing fine now.

Here are their current stats:

Kesleigh:
Birth: 5lbs 8 oz. 18"
1 Month: 7 lbs 9 oz. 20 1/4"

Preston:
Birth: 3lbs 7 oz 17 1/4"
1 Month: 5 lbs 8 oz. 18 1/4"

Gavin:
Birth: 4lbs 13.7oz 18 1/4"
1 Month: 6 lbs 6 oz. 19"

One Month!!

Can you believe the babies are one month old?? Where does the time go? And to think my due date isn't until next Tuesday:) Happy birthday babies!

It's Back...

First of all let me say that our babies are doing wonderful! Each of them is really developing their own personality and we can't wait to see them get bigger.

As you know I was not able to have any scans while I was pregnant so on Monday I went in and had a CT scan of my chest to see how things looked. I met with my oncologist today and I have five tumors in my chest. Four are very small and he's not really concerned about them. The fifth is large (6 inches) and is in my lower right lung.

The plan is for me to enroll in a clinical trial for sarcomas where I will try out the drug they have and see if it works to shrink the tumors and stop the growth. There are two trials that are options for me right now. The one we are going to start with I have to get a biopsy to determine if I have a non-mutant gene form of the cancer. If I have the non-mutant gene then I am a candidate, if not I will go with the other trial. I don't know much about the trial yet other than it is in the early stages and though there is less toxicity with this drug there is also not a whole lot known. I should hear from the cancer center early next week and make an appointment to meet with the trial coordinator and schedule a biopsy.

I am really positive about everything and won't have to lose my hair again with either drug choice:)

Serenity

Kesleigh

Preston

Gavin

All 3 Home

All three babies have officially come home! We went and picked up Preston early this afternoon and so far things are going pretty well with all three home. The first feeding time with all three of them was a little chaotic but that's to be expected. We did a little tweaking with their schedules and who ate when and they are all napping right now (off and on).

1+1= 2

Gavin is home!!

We went and picked him up yesterday afternoon and spent some time with little Preston before we brought Gavin home. Right now we have Gavin on a schedule about 30 minutes behind Kesleigh so hopefully we can keep that going. Gavin is way better at breast feeding than Kesleigh but that's OK. Right now we are doing breast milk one feeding (either by bottle or breast)and the next feeding is on Neosure which is a formula with high calories specifically for premature babies. They definitely like the breast milk better.


Now for pics of Gavin's homecoming:




With his sister

Gavin's Getting Out

Gavin is getting out of the NICU tomorrow! We will call in the morning to see when he will be ready to go and then that's that, another baby home!

Kesleigh's first night was a little rough (on us, not her) but last night was much better after we did some tweaking she's now on a great schedule, let's hope Gavin will adopt a similar one.

Preston is doing great. He is gaining weight like crazy to get to be the 4 pounder he needs to be to get out of the NICU. It will probably be another week or so until he's home with us but that will give us time to get the other two on a schedule with each other.

It is so hard though to leave any of them in the NICU when you have one (or now two) home. I know they are getting the best care and are getting loved on all the time but it's still hard. Someone goes to visit them every day (sometimes more than once/day).