(Ella shows off a frilly hat)
Both babies have been given a central IV line to get their IV nourishment until their little bellies can hold more food. Before they got the central lines, they were being stuck in various veins. I guess each vein can only be used for so long. The poor babies even had IV lines stuck in the veins on the heads! OUCH!
The good news is with the central lines there will be no more sticks. This line lasts until they don't need IV nutrition anymore. Also the insertions went without complications and both the babies are doing great with them.
Also, the babies are increasing their intake of milk and might not need the lines for very long. Ella had a bit of set back in eating, but is doing better now. Callie and Amanda are staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Kansas City to be near the babies. The added benefit is the babies are getting the chance to breastfeed.
Callie said Ella did pretty well with feeding today. She latches on and goes for a few sucks but then looses it, and tries again. The lactation consultant said that she will get stronger as time goes on. So far, Saxon is not interested and chose to just sleep by Callie's breast. He was very happy with that and didn't move a muscle for 2 hours.
Both the babies are also done with their photo therapy. I'm not sure what this is for exactly, but they were kept under special blue lights. It had something to do with their color, but I never asked about it. With so much else going on, I guess I just wrote it off as a minor thing because the nurses never seemed very concerned about it.
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