7 Weeks

Our little babies are 7 weeks old!  What a crazy 7 weeks it’s been!  Thinking about all that’s happened and all that’s changed since March 3rd amazes me.  We’ve come a long way, and still have a long way to go!

Karsyn and Kaden had their second eye exam yesterday.  They check for ROP which I’ve learned stands for Retinopathy of Prematurity.  In short, from what I understand it deals with the way the blood vessels in the eye are growing away from the retina.  Kaden’s eyes look great and they’re not going to check his eyes again for 2 weeks.  Karsyn has mild ROP in one of her eyes ( a good mommy would remember which eye it was, but I don’t!).  They will check her eyes again next week.  Sometimes this corrects itself, sometimes it requires a laser surgery.  Either way at this point it’s treatable, and they’re not too terribly concerned.  Our prayer is obviously that it corrects itself and we don’t need to do anything further!

In other news our neurosurgeon ordered another head ultrasound today and decided that at this point he has no plan to put in a reservoir.  Great news!  He seems fairly comfortable with the fact that there is no new or worsening hydrocephalus and that actually some of the previous swelling in the ventricles seems to have subsided.  We are super excited about this news!  The lack of growth coupled with the fact that she had no other “signs” (frequent A’s and B’s, high oxygen requirements and etc)  showing distress, makes him think she’s good to go.  If we’ve learned one thing in the last 7 weeks it’s to thank God and rejoice in the good news, but to definitely keep in mind that things change quickly in preemie world!  So we’re thankful and enjoying our step forward and will keep praying for more good news with each new day!

Other than that things are pretty stable in the A pod!!  We’re still waiting on them to grown and mature a little more before trying to mess with their CPAP settings.  The doctors and nurses just want to make sure they’re stable in their oxygen requirements before springing too many changes on them.  Both babies are requiring anywhere from 25% – 32% oxygen at any given time.  Kaden usually requires a little more oxygen during feedings, and both babies require significantly less oxygen when on their bellies.  Karsyn has actually been known to sit comfortably at 23% the past few days!! So the race is on to see which K makes the switch first!!!!  So amazing to be able to have a “race”.  The Karsyn we knew 4 weeks ago would have been no where in this race!!  Our God is amazing!

A few pictures from the last few days!

Daddy’s little girl!

 

Kaden hanging out with mommy!