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!


Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Day 66 - 2/7/12

Day 66...

Today was a great day!!!

Lilly had a follow up echo cardiogram yesterday to check out her PDA and the slight distress on her heart. The results cam back today and the PDA has "resolved itself"! Woohoo, no surgery for her!!! They also said her heart looked normal, so the distress has gone away. They also took Lilly off a bunch of meds... the Lasix (the diuretic), a potassium supplement they were giving her because she was on Lasix and the caffeine she's been on since forever. Finally, they're allowed to start weening her off the nasal cannulas! We can't wait, that'll mean no more breathing tubes!

Davis earned himself a kidney sonogram because of the UTI he had a couple weeks ago. Something about a UTI could indicate a potential bladder/kidney issue... The results from the sonogram came back yesterday and everything looks good! They are also weening Davis off his nasal cannulas, but at a slower rate. He's having some reflux issues when he eats, so they don't want to take away his extra air too fast.

Both kids are handling their bottle feedings great! They still get fed through their feeding tubes on a regular basis, but they are slowly taking more and more bottles!

Weigh in... Davis weighs 4 pounds and 12 ounces! Lilly weighs 4 pounds and 2 ounces! They both were just over 16 inches long on Sunday when there were last measured!
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  1. JulieMarieFebruary 8, 2012 at 2:46 PM

    Woohoo!! Go Lilly & Davis (&Mommy & Daddy)
    Sounds like this will all shortly be a blip on the radar of life and you'll be home as a family. So great to read!

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