Double take

I don't really have much of an update. Eve is in an isolette and she has one a feeding tube in now. She actually took three feeds of 10 mL each from a bottle, but her 5 p.m. feeding tonight was only 8 by bottle and the rest by the tube. She got tired, the nurse said. We got some pictures of her sans any breathing apparatus, which was awesome and brings us to the name of this post.

Double take! Look to the right and you'll see just how the two of them look when they are next to each other. It's like looking at the same kid twice. I guess that's what HAPPENS when they're identical though ...

Lily is still not tolerating feeds, we'll have to keep praying and crossing our fingers and toes that she starts to do better there. As for her not-fused vertebra and her enlarged kidney problems, we're going to have to wait until the urology and orthopaedic specialists have finished examining the situation and talk to us about the management of them. We're desperately hoping she doesn't need any sort of procedures to correct anything, but it might come to that. She needs prayers for that too.

We found out Eve weighs about 3 pounds 10 ounces, and Lily is about 4 pounds 4 ounces. So they are both above birth weight and doing well in that respect. I just wish Lily didn't have so many problems that are keeping us in limbo. We can be thankful, however, that they are both doing as well as they are because it could have been a LOT, LOT worse, I know. We are thankful that they are as good as they are and we know it is a blessing they even survived.

Check the photo album for a bunch more Lily and Eve pics. Daddy is holding one of his girls *Eve* for the first time on camera. (He held her in the OR, but only for a SECOND.) She looks MIGHTY happy with his hand stroking her head ...