During the night shift Trey made some progress and his ventillator settings were adjusted down some, but the remainder of the day was slow. Since Trey is so irritable and the nurses felt he seemed a little puffy the doctors ordered a diuretic to help reduce his fluids. Late in the afternoon they decided to do an x-ray of his chest to see if there were any problems. They found fluid in his lungs, which wasn't a big surprise, and ordered more of the diuretic. We are hopful that through this evening that medicine will help him out a little so they can continue to turn down the ventillator settings.
Baby Stella is doing remarkable. She is now a candidate for the transition nursery, which is on the 5th floor (two floors down). Fortunately for us that nursery is full right now, and there are other NICU babies who are ahead of her on the list. We've told the doctors we want to keep the babies together as long as possible, so we are hopeful that she won't get moved too soon!
Mom saw her favorite nurse today, Liz, and although she wasn't taking care of the twins it was good to see her back in the NICU. Hopefully she'll make it back into our rotation soon.
The babies adjusted gestational age today is 33 weeks. The earliest most premature babies get to go home is when their adjusted age reaches 36 weeks. Let's all just keep hoping and praying we get to either go home or transfer back to Malone by then.
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Your babies are amazing! I continue to keep them in my prayers! I am hoping that the diuretics will help dry out Trey's lungs quickly. (Callie was on those for awhile, too!) Great news about Stella being ready for a transition nursery!
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