3 months old - August 15

I'm sorry for not updating more often. Life gets so busy and when things are going well, there are fewer things to report. I've been spending 4-6 hours in the afternoon at the hospital with the girls and by the time I get home the time just flies. I'll try to do better:-)

Okay - here we go.
Tuesday
Yesterday, the girls were 13 weeks old. They are just growing and growing. Abby gained nearly 2 ox in one night. She went from 2035g Monday to 2110g (4lb 10.5oz) on Tuesday! Wow! Natalie's doing pretty well yourself - she was 1702g (3lb 12oz) on Tuesday. They have had a little reflux with their feedings. I think they are going to start Natalie on Zantax to help. They haven't been doing very well with their bottle feedings, but hopefully they will get better.

Natalie also had a cortizone test to see how well she's doing without receiving the hydrocortizone. We haven't heard what the results were yet. Abby will have the test Wednesday.

Wednesday
Wednesday morning the doctor called and said Abby's hemocrit (red blood cell production) was at 21. That's pretty low. I wasn't too surprised since it had been at 24 a few days ago. So, little Abby needed a blood transfusion. They do it over two days so she'll get more on Thursday. She did great though and by the end was just as pink as could be!

Once again, neither did well with nippling in the morning. However, they each did better with breastfeeding in the afternoon. At her 5pm feeding, Natalie took 14ml. At 8pm, Abby did 24ml. She did great! They seem to do better with breastfeeding which is perfect if you ask me!

At lunch we had a visit from a case worker from the state Infant-Child Development Coordinator to explain some of the services available to the girls. She will help coordinate OT, PT, Speech and whatever else to help get the girls up to date with development. The best part is it's all free! Most of the people will come to our house to do the therapies which is wonderful. Just as a note - my mom actually used to do this job. She actually did evaluations and provided the therapies. Needless to say, Natalie and Abigail will definately have people on top of things when it comes to development!

There's still no discussion on coming home. Obviously, they aren't eating very well so until they catch on, mum's the word.

Here's a quick recap of weight:
Abby
Mon - 2035g
Tues - 2110g
Wed - 2150g (4lb 11.8oz) - can you believe this! She'll be 5 lbs before coming home!

Natalie
Mon - 1655g
Tues - 1702g
Wed - 1739g (3lb 13.3oz)