2 months old and making progress

Taylor got moved to a nasal canula today, which is the last step before completely breathing on her own. She seems to be doing great at it. She is weighing 3 lbs 14 ozs, and Kamryn is 3 lbs 4 ozs. Kamryn lost about 6 ozs on the CPAP, because she was working so hard at it. She's doing well back on the tube, and is on the lowest settings she can be on, so hopefully she will be ready soon. Please pray for her weight gain and lung development, as well as Taylor's continued progress. They are now 34 weeks gested as of Monday, and will be 9 weeks old tomorrow. They got their first tub baths today, and we got to help. That was really cool, and they seemed to enjoy it. Please remember the docs and nurses in your prayers as well, and thanks again to everyone for all the encouraging comments and of course all the prayers.

Kamryn Reintubated

Kamryn got completely worn out on the cpap late last night, so she had to be taken off and have her breathing tube put back in. Taylor is still doing good, and both their blood-gasses looked good this morning. We are so proud of them both, because they go through so much each day. Kamryn weighs 3 lbs 4ozs, and Taylor is 3 lbs 11ozs. Thank you all for your continued prayers and support. It is getting harder to be patient, so pray for that for us, also. Each time we have a new nurse it's stressful, because she doesn't know our babies. Some are not as gentle as we like, also. There are great nurses here, but it would be easier if we could stick with our favorite few. Pray for them both to continue to gain weight and get stronger. Pray also for Kamryn to be able to be ready for cpap again soon. We are planning a meeting with some parents at the Ronald Mcdonald house this week in hopes of reaching out to them and sharing the love of our Savior. Keep that in your prayers, too. Thank you all so much again.

Still Going!

looks pretty uncomfortable, huh?

The girls are coming up on a new record for them on the cpap. 48 hours is the old record for Taylor, Kamryn was 12, and they are both about 48 hours now. They seem to still be doing well on it. They will have spells once in a while where they stop breathing and their heart rates drop, but it seems to be because of things such as stopped up noses. After a good suctioning, they keep on trucking. They check their blood-gas levels twice daily. Pray those will be good, as the co2 has been a little high, and that their tiny lungs would heal like they need to.
Their eye exams this week went well again, praise God. No damage reported so far, and they were still immature, as they should be for such a young age.
The new weigh-ins are Taylor at 3Lbs 9ozs and Kamryn at 3Lbs 7ozs. Thank you for keeping them in your prayers and please don't stop. Pray also that they can continue to stay sick-free. They turned 8 weeks yesterday, will be 34 weeks gested on Monday, and will be two months old on Tuesday, July 1st!

Trying CPAP today!

Kamryn says, "Praise Jesus, we're gettin' off the breathing tube!"


Taylor says, "Let me hear you say it again"

Both girls are trying CPAP (new breathing machine) today. Pray they can make it on CPAP and move on to nasal canula soon. They are doing well, despite having both been sick over the weekend. They both weigh the same now at 3 lbs 6 ozs. Thanks for all your prayers and encouragement. You'll never know how much it means.

Sicknesses, but 3 LB Praises!!!

Taylor's weight tonight was 3 lbs 2oz and Kamryn's was 3 lbs 7oz! That's a real milestone as we see it. Both girls were pretty sick yesterday, and were started on antibiotics. We sent out prayer request emails, and today they are doing much better. Their ventilator requirements are going down, and they are looking good. Continue to pray for them to move to CPAP soon, as we feel like they are getting really close. God is so good. Oh, btw, I figured out how to change it so anyone can leave comments now.

Pray for the CPAP

Both girls are gaining weight and looking good. Kamryn had a little trouble with feeding intolerance, but seems to be better now. They stopped her feeds for a couple of days and are now slowly introducing them again. Pray that they both continue to do well with that. Our prayer right now is that they will be able to get off of the breathing tubes and on to CPAP. They are sort of at a stand-still until they can do this. They are at the age now that they can start to bottle feed, but they first have to move on to the CPAP, and then to the nasal canula. Also, pray for their continued protection from sickness and infection as they grow and continue to do better. Pray for us also as we seek ways to minister to those around us. Thank you all so much for your prayers.

Praises and New Struggles

Praise God from whom all blessings flow! We got good reports on both eye exams. They are still maturing, but everything thus far has developed well and without problems. Pray they will continue to develop correctly and without problems. Another exam is scheduled for two weeks. Taylor stayed on CPAP for 48 hours, which is a good run, but she pooped out after that. Continue to pray they will be able to come off the Breathing tube soon. We're praying in the next week. They should be tried again before too long. They have both gained a little weight, but Kamryn is currently NPO, or not feeding right now because she had a little intolerance, and also had a CBC (blood test) that was a little off, so she's now on antibiotics again. Kerri has had a hard time lately, battling mastitis, kidney stones, urinary tract infection, and today a tooth extraction. We went to the dentist today because she has had a toothache for a little while, and found out a molar was split right down the middle and infection had set in above the tooth. The dentist said she was a really tough lady, because she had to be in a good bit of pain from it. Thank you all for your sweet comments and of course all your prayers. Please continue to lift us all up to the father.