Three Cheers for 3 Weeks!!!

Charlie and Henry are 3 weeks old today! Gestational age is 27 weeks for those of you playing at home. The doctors keep up with their gestational age to watch for developmental milestones and weight gain. Yesterday was a calm and comfortable day for the wee boys. They have begun being weaned off their pain meds because you just can't go through life on a Fentanyl drip. We were watching to see how they would react to coming off the Fentanyl and they are doing great. I just spoke with their nurses today and both said the boys look good and aren't having any problems with the reduced dose.  They will both be getting x-rays today to check on their drains in their abdomens. Their surgeon stopped by yesterday and you guys won't believe this, but we actually had a civil conversation. He's cautiously optimistic about the progress he is seeing in the boys. I'll take that. Our friends from the Infectious Disease department stopped by yesterday to check on Henry and report on what they have found from the pockets that were drained. For any of you science kids out there, the gunk they pulled out from the abscess pockets has come back as  gram positive. They are growing it and our fabulous infectious disease resident has pushed the lab to get the results back today. Apparently the lab doesn't normally run this test on a Saturday. Well, fabulous resident wasn't having that at all. She told them they would be running that test and providing results today even though it was Saturday.  I love this resident. She's had a soft spot for the boys from day one and she and I get on like a house on fire. So, we will get the results back on that today to see if this is a new form of infection or something left over. Either way, they feel he's being treated properly for just about anything that could come back. I think that's all for right now. Dr. Marvelous is on today and so is our darling head resident. She adores the boys and they always get extra looking after when she's around. I'll send some updates when we get our eyes on these x-rays and after the lab begrudgingly gives us the test results. 

 

Three Cheers for Three Weeks Old!!!

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