Brief Update

Just thought we'd continue the play-by-play account of what's happening in the two Hunt isolettes on Pod 1 of the LDS NICU.

Sam -
*Still hanging in there on just the nasal cannula and is having to make less of
an effort to breath, both excellent signs
*No IV, which is good because it means he's doing pretty good by himself and is
one less place for an infection to start
*He weighed 2lbs 11oz last night
*He's active and moving and tolerating his ever increasing amounts of milk really
well
*His momma got to hold him skin-to-skin today, he liked it so much he went right
to sleep as soon as he laid his head down on her chest
*He continues to be completely sprawled out like he's floating down a river in an
inner tube, constantly keeping us in smiles

Amelia -
*She too is just needing the nasal cannula and doing great
*Her IV is supposed to be taken out today
*She weighed 2lbs 7oz last night
*Her feedings are going well and are increasing like her brothers
*Her mommy got to hold her skin-to-skin today too, it was the best medicine
either one of them could ask for
*She keeps us smiling with her little hands which are always up by her face in
one of her two normal spots, blocking out the world or delicately placed over
her mouth

Sam & Amelia -
*Today they are 1 week old, making them 30 weeks gestational age
*Tonight my classmates are putting on a shower for us/the twins and we are very
excited, wish the twins could be with us, we're calling it a 1 week celebration
*WE GOT THE BRAIN ULTRASOUND RESULTS BACK YESTERDAY AND THEY ARE BOTH NORMAL!!!!!
To put that into perspective on how amazing and wonderful that is, there is a
50% chance that a neonate meeting Sam & Amelia's birth criteria would develop a
brain bleed, neither of them did. There is still a small chance that they could
develop one even now but 90% of brain bleeds happen in the first 3 days of life.
The relief was so very welcome.