February stuff

So the babies had their 3 month appointment and did well but Justin did not gain as much weight as we and the doctors would have liked. He had projectile vomiting that had been getting worse and worse throughout the month and had been diagnosed with acid reflux and had been put on Zantac. The Zantac helped somewhat but he still had issues. They suggested putting rice cereal in his bottles and so far, so good. He gained half a pound in 5 days at his follow up appointment. So his last weight we have been told for him is 8lbs 6.5oz. We were so happy to hear that.

Something exciting that happened was that Ellie no longer has fluid on her brain. Woohooo!!! She does still have enlarged, mishapen ventricles, that could or could not present a problem later on. This is causing her head to be a little on the big side, however it is still on the chart and as long as she follows the curve, they are not concerned at the moment. But it is great news about the fluid.

The babies have also been having sleeping difficulties at night, as they have been conjested due to the heat in the house. We had a bit of a scare when Justin's breathing sounded so bad that the pediatrician sent him to the hospital to be checked out. He was fine but still it was scary. We are now giving them saline nose drops and using humidifiers and having them sleep in the bouncy seat and swing, as the conjestion gets worse at night when they are laying down. Hopefully this will just be for another month or so and then we can have a normal sleeping situation for them.

They are getting so big and doing more and more each day, (she is cooing, he tries to hold the bottle, etc.)it is so exciting to see each new thing. They are still fed every three hours around the clock, so we are still not getting much sleep. We are hoping that Passover and Easter will be their first family events, we just want to get the ok from the doctor.

update

Wow, I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted here. There is just no time to breathe, I am typing this one handed (Justin is in the other hand) as it is. So ah let's see.

Justin had his surgery, it went well but he did not do so well on the anesthesia. He had breathing issues and his temperature was very low. It was very scary. They said that those things could happen since he was a preemie but we were just hoping that it wouldn't happen. So Justin, me and my mom spent a long night in the hospital. He is fine from this now and everything healed nicely. This past week he has had projectile vomiting, so he has been put on Zantac. He has had reflux type issues since the NICU but they kept telling us he was too little to diagnose him. I guess they though he would grow out of it but we just hated seeing him in pain and hope that he will be more comfortable now and that the spitting up will stop.

Ellie is getting huge. We don't have an update yet on her brain issue, we just know that it did not get worse. She has had a sonogram and we have a neurologist appointment tomorrow, so we should know more then.

At their 2 month appointment, the doctor said they are thriving.
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Ok well I started this post 3 days ago and had to stop and could not get back to it until now. Hopefully I will be able to finish.

Ellie had her neurologist appointment and there was nothing new really. Her brain did not get any worse is what the last sonogram is showing. Now she will have a cat scan, not for any reason, just since she has not had one in a while and her issue needs constant monitoring. Her muscle tone and reflexes were good which is important to check because poor muscle tone can mean some neurological issues (ex. cerebral palsy, etc.)So everything went well. Justin's tests all show that he has no brain issues. So even though it did not go as well as we would ultimately like, it went pretty well.

Ellie also had an eye doctor appointment this week. Both of them had slow developing eyes but now they are right where they should be, so that is good news!

Justin still seems to have one bad spitting up "episode" a day. But I guess that is normal since he is still gaining weight and the doctor is not too concerned at this point.

Both of them were weighed on Monday and they are doing so well. We are so excited. Justin was 7lbs 4.5oz and Ellie was 8lbs 10oz. It is really so amazing to see them growing so much. It is hard to believe they were so little when they were born.

Other than all these medical issues, things are ok. D and I are both exhausted and we fight alot but we love our babies so much and love being with them. It will just be better when we can get some more sleep. We still cannot take them out or have visitors. They have their 3 month appointment soon and we are hoping to get the ok to at least have a few adults over at a time to see them. We can't wait to show them off!! And I am looking forward to seeing people. Well I should end this before I get interrupted as it is almost feeding time again. Below is the ling for the latest pictures for anyone that is interested. Hope to be able to post here again and post on my friends blogs soon.

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