The girls were born on November 16th, 2007, 16 weeks early. Mallory Kate – 1 lb 8 oz, Evan Reese – 1 lb 1 oz, and Kelby Grace – 1 lb 5 oz. Upon their delivery, Mallory and Kelby were transferred to St. David’s South and were doing fairly well considering the circumstances. Our little Evan Reese was a fighter, but she had a lot of problems and she was with us for about 5 hours. We love you Evan and we miss you everyday, but we know we’ll see you again one day. Mallory and Kelby both went through a lot in their 105 day stay in the hospital, from heart surgeries, to brain bleeds, to infections. Many prayers were answered and we thank God everyday for everything He has done for them. Today they are perfectly healthy and growing bigger and stronger everyday. We started this blog to keep everybody updated on their progress. You can scroll down to the bottom of the page for a slideshow from the NICU days.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Another Day in NICU

The girls are both doing really well today. They got moved into their own little suite with a nice view over the weekend, which they should be in until they're released in a few months. Mallory had a virus called Serratia (pneumonia) show up in one of the tests on her lungs so they had to move them to isolation as a precaution. We talked to the doctor about it and she says that although she does have it, she is not showing any symptoms of it. They have her on a couple of different antibiotics and the doctors say that will take care of it. She's doing really well now. She's up to 2 lb 1 oz.
Kelby is also doing well, she's at 1 lb 10 oz. They are both on CPAP now. They changed them both over to continuous feedings because their little tummies were getting full and they were getting relaxed after their feedings and forgetting to breathe. They are both doing much better with that. They want to try to go back to the three hour feedings in a few weeks. The doctors seem to think that everything is going well. Just another day in the NICU. We'll try to keep you all posted on new developments.

4 comments:

Melody said...

That is great to hear! I can't wait to see yall VERY soon!

Shannon said...

Hi Jennifer and Jeremy,
Thank you for the update. Glad to hear Mallory and Kelby are doing well. We sure are thinking of you guys alot. I hope you're doing well. Please call me when ya can. Or I'll shoot ya an email :):)
Love,
Shannon and Family

Aunt Sara said...

We love our sweet nieces! I am so glad they are doing well.

Shannon said...

Happy 1 month!!!!
Shannon and Family