Liv and Will's - week 1 of life

It's been a busy week! I was discharged from the hospital on Saturday, which was hard to do - I hate being away from the babies! I spend every day with them, and call the NICU at least a couple of times in the night & early morning. It's amazing how much I've seen them change this week. Sadly, Brent is sick with a bad cold, so hasn't been able to see them for a few days. It's killing him to be away, but hopefully he'll get over his cold in the next couple of days and can hold them again soon.


The tubes you see in the previous post pictures are for CPAP. This helps in opening their young lungs so they can breath. They were never on ventillators...always breathing for themselves. CPAP just helps make it easier. For awhile, some extra oxygen was added, but not for long. Liv came off CPAP on Friday (10/9), and Will came off Monday (10/12). It was so great to get these off, because we really couldn't see what they looked like until then! Once they are successfully off CPAP for 7 days, they are no longer considered Level 3 (just require Level 2 NICU after that).

They are too young to breast or bottle feed, so they can only eat through a feeding tube. They started with only IV, and as I was able to pump, they have been increasing their breast milk and decreasing IV. Once they show they can tolerate full feedings of breast milk, they can come off of IV. Liv did this today. Will should lose his IV in the next 3 days or so. After that, the only thing they'll be hooked to is the feeding tube, plus the monitors.

Will is above his birth weight (~3 lbs 12 oz), and Liv is slowly gaining (~3 lb 6.5 oz).

Will had a heart murmur, but it was corrected through treatment. This is common in premies.

They are doing so impressively well. It's still too early to know when they will come home, but we're hoping for another 3-4 weeks. It's all dependent on them learning to eat!

Liv (10/14):


Mom and Liv (10/14):



Will (10/14):



Mom and Will (10/14):