No visit, but pretty good news...

I wasn't able to get up to Albany today, what with the DOG getting picked up yesterday and brought to the SPCA and then us not being able to find proof of vaccination and so on and so forth. But enough of that...

This morning I called the NICU and asked about Lily and her nurse, Sue, said the urologist had been in to see her for her consultation today. Lily has an extra "connection" between her left kidney and her bladder. When she was born, the kidney was enlarged, which is what tends to happen with this sort of condition. BUT, the urologist said Lily's kidney and connections looked "good" for this type of malformation and that most times the added connection doesn't have any adverse affects. We're hoping Lily falls into that MOST category and won't have need for invasive management. We're still waiting for the orthopaedic consult where we'll find out more about the unfused vertebra. Lily isn't tolerating feeds still, but the docs rounded and thought her aspirate looked "satisfactory" and they were thinking about starting her on feeds again tonight or tomorrow. *She's been getting nutrition intravenously...*

EVE, on the other hand, likes her food. She's up to 16 mL of breast milk, some by bottle, some by nasogastric tube. *Nurse said she's a little "sloppy" with the bottle!* I'm hoping to get up there for a feeding soon. They are every four hours and I can't seem to coordinate to get up there for one!

Both girls have some apneas, where they "forget" to breathe for 20 seconds (that's when the bells and whistles go off I suppose), but the nurses said it's common and they are on caffeine for it. When it does happen, they need to be stimulated to get them to "remember" to breathe. SO, we'll see how that progresses. Some preemies come home on apnea monitors. Crossing fingers that they don't have to!

I don't have new pictures to post, obviously, but as soon as we do, I'll get them up in the photo album. My favorite in there for the moment is the one of EVE being held by Daddy and the BIG yawn on her face! That's all for now!