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!


Monday, January 2, 2012

Day 30 - 1/2/12

Day 30...

Another big day today. Davis went to his CPAP at 3:00 PM. He seems to be handling it well... hopefully we are done with the ventilators. Davis will get 2 more doses of steroids today, then he's done with them. Lilly continues to do ok on her CPAP (She had to go up to a slightly higher setting, but is handling it better).

The nurses are concerned with Lilly's weight gain... she only averaged 5 grams per day gain. So, they are going to increase the calories in her food starting tomorrow. They currently are getting 24 cal per ounce in her milk... she is going to start getting 26 cal per ounce. Davis's food is going to stay the same. Not sure why the low weight gain for Lilly is such a shocker... she is only on fluid restriction to help close her PDA and she was given a dose of Lasix to help get rid of fluid accumulation in her body, and we're surprised she only gained 35 grams over the week... well, I think she is doing great. Oh well, I guess the added calories means she will get bigger quicker.

Lilly gained 60 grams today, so now she weighs 2 pounds and 10 ounces (that makes 95 grams over 8 days, that averages just about 12 grams per day... and they're concerned about her lack of weight gain, booooooo). Davis gained 10 grams, keeping him at 2 pounds and 8 ounces.
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