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!


Friday, January 27, 2012

Day 53 - 1/25/12

Day 53...

Today was a big day for the kids. They had their first eye exam and both came back with good results. Premature kids have a high risk for an eye disease called ROP (can be caused by high oxygen levels given to preemies to help them breathe). During the eye exam they look for eye disease (referred to as stage... scale of 0-5, the lower the better) and they also look at the eye maturity (aka the zone... scale of 1-3, the higher the better). Lilly's eye exam came back as zone 1 and stage 0. Her eyes will mature as she gets older... but it's great that she does not have any eye disease! She will get another check up next week. Davis's eye exam was a little better than Lilly's. He is zone 2 and stage 0, so more mature eyes and no sign of disease! He will get his next checkup in 2 weeks.

Both kiddos also had a great day of weight gain. Davis gained 2 ounces and is now 3 pounds and 11 ounces! He has more than doubled his weight since he was born! Lilly gained an ounce and is now weighing 3 pounds and 2 ounces.
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