Sunday, a day of rest...

Restful day? Right. Dream on.


Anyway, I was able to get a little extra sleep this morning before starting the day. I do feel really bad for Jeni as I know this pumping schedule that she's on is not allowing her any restful sleep time. Oh well, I guess this sort of prepares us for when the girls get home.

So we headed down to the hospital around 11:00 to start our day. We hung out in the girls' room for a while and the nurses caught us up on the precautions they were taking for what they think is Olivia's upper respiratory infection. Her bed was restricted to 'gown & glove' until they got her tests back, which means anyone getting close to or touching her bed must be wearing gloves and a gown to prevent further germs from spreading. They are most concerned with Olivia's germs spreading to Sydney since most of the contact happens between us and the nurses from one girl to the other right after. So we have to be SUPER strict on the hand washing...

Here's Olivia's bed in isolation to prevent infection...

Jeni modeling the latest in NICU gown fashions...

Jeni left around noon to meet her friend Stacy for lunch near the hospital and I left about an hour later to meet 'Uncle' Ben for lunch as well. Jeni and Stacy went to the Bread Company and Ben and I went to Duff's. I had the special brunch pancake flavor of blackberry-banana (TASTY!) and Ben had the black & blue burger, which was also VERY good. I highly recommend!


After returning from lunch, one of the attending doctors was there to tell us that they had received the first round of tests back from Olivia and it showed no sign of infection. That means that they can suspend the 'glove & gown' restriction, which was nice.

I took Ben on a quick tour of the facilities at Children's (The Ronald McDonald Room and the Olson Family Rooftop Garden) before he headed home. Jeni returned from lunch with some presents from her friend Stacy. She had made us ADORABLE blankets that match our nursery colors perfectly. Thanks Stacy!



The rest of our afternoon consisted of relaxing in the girls' room and doing some diaper changes and feedings. Nothing too exciting.



An Update on the girls' health: They are monitoring their breathing and heartrates as they have occasional A's & B's (A - Apneas = their respirations stop briefly; B - Bradycaridals = their heartrates drop). These are common for preemies and are exactly why they are in the NICU. The doctors want to make sure these are over before they are sent home. While they sound scary, and they are scary to witness, they are common for babies this age. More tests are expected for Olivia's suspected infection and they are also doing tests to make sure Sydney hasn't caught anything.



And now... MORE PICTURES!

Olivia sleeping soundly...

Sydney doing the same...

As we continue to monitor the girls' progress, we recognize how fortunate we have been so far, and pray that it continues. We appreciate all of your thoughts, wishes, gifts and prayers for our girls and can't wait for them to come home so you all can meet them!

Until tomorrow...

M