Lilly and Davis' Story

Lilly Mae and Davis Anthony were born on Sunday, December 4th. They were born at 25 weeks and 5 days of gestation.

Lilly was born first at 9:56PM. She weighed 1 pound and 14 ounces and was 13.25 inches long. Her head was 24 cm in circumference (slightly smaller than a baseball).

Davis was born at 10:07PM... 11 minutes after his sister (something she'll never let him forget). He weighed 1 pound and 13 ounces. He was 13 inches long and had the same size head as his sister.

Both were taken to the NICU directly after delivery and are expected to be there until their original due date, March 12th (that's exactly 100 days in the NICU!)

Please keep these little ones in your thoughts and prayers and hopefully we will get to bring them home sooner!


Sunday, December 18, 2011

Day 15 - 12/18/11

Day 15...

Two weeks ago tonight, our little babies were born. Feels a lot longer than that...

Both kids had a step back today. They check the gas levels in their blood regularly to make sure their little lungs are expelling the CO2 like they should. Both Lilly and Davis have elevated levels of CO2 :( They are going to check them both again in the morning and see how everything looks. If they are still elevated, they will have to increase their ventilator support... definitely not what we want. Hopefully they'll rebound from this and continue decreasing the support required from the ventilator. We need them to go to CPAPs!

Lilly and Davis are both getting the same amount of food as yesterday (20 ml for Lilly and 18 ml for Davis every 3 hours). Davis got his pick line removed this afternoon! Its' great to see some progress for both kids.

On Sundays we get full measurements of the kids. Here are today's stats...

Lilly: She lost 10 grams today, still weighing in a 2 pounds and 1 ounce. Her head is the same size as when she was born. She grew to 14 inches long... 1/2 inch longer than when she was born.

Davis: He lost 60 grams today! He now weighs 1 pound and 14 ounces. His head is the same size as when he was born. He is now 13.75 inches long... 3/4 inch longer than when he was born.

The nurses are not concerned about their weight fluctuations. They say they'll move up and down for the first few weeks before they start to pack on the weight more consistently (we're also adding a Crisco based marshmallow fluff dipping sauce to mom's steady diet of fried chicken... we need more calories in her milk!!!).
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  1. a.kimmeyDecember 20, 2011 at 7:50 AM

    Hang in there! Those wee little babies are some tough cookies! And way to go Lilly and Davis on growing... You're going to be TALL!!! The weight will come... GO LILLY and DAVIS!!! Prayers always!!!!

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