We needed more on our plate...

As if we didn't have enough going on...our Boston Terrier had to have his left eye removed on Monday. He had a bad cyst inside it and was pretty much blind because of cataracts and glaucoma. The vet was really worried about his eye rupturing so we opted to have it removed. Poor guy! He is doing great though, back to his old self which he hasn't been in almost a month.

My surgery went really well yesterday and I am just home resting.

Some Updates

Here's a couple updates on the babies...

- K has decided that she doesn't need to sleep through the night anymore! Yeah, it's not making for a very productive mommy the next day at work. We hope it's just the 4 month (adjusted age) wakeful period and she will be over it soon.

- Gavin had a tooth pop through today. He had been just a little crabby and whiny the last couple days but nothing terrible.

- They have their 6 month check-up on April 15th.

A few things on me...

- The chemo I was doing wasn't working so I have stopped it and plan to start another clinical trial on the 15th. This new trial is a 24 hour IV of meds. The doc told me today that when I have the meds home with me she doesn't want me to hold the babies at all because of the unknown affects if they were to pull it out and get the meds on them.

- I am having surgery to remove a mass in my stomach on Tuesday. Surgery will be outpatient and I should only need a couple days of recovery. We are pretty positive that it's more cancer but it's right under the skin so the removal should be easy.

- I have asked my oncologist to give me an appetite stimulant because I am not eating, not hungry and have lost way too much weight. I am 25 lbs. lighter than when I got pregnant! Who would ever think I would ask for an appetite stimulant!?!

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers! I will let you know how Tuesday goes.

5 months!!

Holy moly, how did these babies get to be 5 months old? I took Gavin in today to check and make sure his ear was fully healed...it was. We also got some exciting news. All the babies can come off the vitamins they were taking (good because they are nasty), the boys can come off the Neosure (preemie formula), and we can start cereals with them and then gradually introduce fruits and vegetables. Aggh, that means they are growing up, I'm not ready for that!

Gavin was officially weighed at the Dr. office today but the rest we weighed here at home so they aren't "exact."

Kesleigh: 18 lbs 15 oz.
Preston: 15 lbs.
Gavin: 15 lbs 5 oz.

New Hats!

Family Pic

Family picture in honor of our one year anniversary of the embryo transfer...now we have three beautiful babies.

Two out of three babies looking at the camera...not bad!
AND nobody is crying...BONUS!

Healthy??

I think we are all on the mend to being a healthy family again (knock on wood). Gavin is feeling much better and everyone else seems to have gotten rid of the coughs and the stuffy noses are on the way out as well. It's about time!

Mom Test = FAIL & 4 mo. stats

I feel like I've failed my first mom test. Gavin was really crabby Saturday and Sunday night and was running a fever. I called the on call nurse to ask how high of a fever was too hihg (his was 101.8). She told me to bring him in if it reached 104. He wasn't himself but I just thought he was sick with what we've all been passing around. On Wednesday he was back to his smiley self. On Thursday I noticed crust on his right ear but thought it could be formula. On Friday is was oozing. I called and they got me in right away but already suspected he had a rupture ear drum. A RUPTURED EAR DRUM! Apparently when he was fussy he had an ear infection. Poor baby, I feel terrible. He's on antibiotics and doing MUCH better. The doctor said not to feel bad because he didn't show many signs. She said his hearing won't be effected at all but we should watch for more ear infections because kids who get them under one are more prone. DH and I both had bad ears as kids. DH had to have tubes put in his ears and I was pretty close to having them in.

Here's a pic of all three of them I took today...they're getting so big!


Here are their 4 month stats:

Kesleigh:
Weight: 16 lbs 3 oz. (94th percentile)
Height: 2' 0.5" (61st percentile)
Head Circ: 16.73" (87th percentile)

Preston:
Weight: 11 lbs 7 oz. (2nd percentile)
Height: 1' 10.2" (0 percentile)
Head Circ: 15.98" (13th percentile)

Gavin:
Weight: 13 lbs. (15th percentile)
Height: 1'11" (2nd percentile)
Head Circ: 16.5" (41st percentile)