Doing great!

The babies continue to do very well. I've been shuttling back and forth to Kansas City as often as I can to see them while Callie and Amanda continue to stay in the Ronald McDondald house. This is a great service and I am grateful to the people who make it happen.

For $10 a day the girls are given a room, meals and a clean safe environment to relax a little at the end of some long days at the hospital. Amanda has been a great help to Callie and is earning high marks from the nursing staff for her maturity and discipline. She has taken to the role of big sister with flying colors.


(Amanda went from the baby sister to the babysitter)

Ella has been on phototherapy again, but is off now and doing fine. Both babies are eating well and their central lines have been removed. Their weights are also on the way up. Last night, Ella weighed 4lbs 10 oz and Saxon was 3lbs 9 oz, which means he has actually come up past his birth weight.

I've been getting to do what is called Kangaroo Care, which is very neat. I open my shirt and they put the baby on my bare chest. The skin to skin contact is very different than holding an armful of blanket. It is much more intimate and the bonding factor is incredibly higher. Last night with Ella, I fell asleep in the recliner I was sitting in. Something about holding these babies is astonishingly relaxing.


(Saxon and I get settled for some Kangaroo Care. The only downside is the babies like to pull on my chest hair. YOUCH!)