Twins Update

As I promised yesterday, here's an update on the twins and how they're currently doing. Naomi and Evan are both doing very well, with an occasional hiccup but nothing too serious. The most obvious thing right now is that they both have jaundice so they are under the bili-lights. Naomi has it a big worse than Evan, but her level dropped yesterday so that's a good sign.

Naomi has had a few bouts of apnea, and the doctors treated that with a small amount of oxygen and caffeine. Apparently caffeine works really well in newborns for treating some of these breathing problems, and no, it doesn't keep them awake (that was Erin's question). She's doing very well bottle feeding, and gulps up her preemie formula in no time. She's a handful, too; if you don't watch her she'll pull her mask that protects her eyes right off.

Evan's been cruising right along since the birth, other than this minor bit of jaundice. He hasn't shown any problems at all, and in fact they took him off the IV yesterday. He's also eating quite a bit more than his big sister, about 20 mL at last count (she's at around 12 mL while they were fixing the apnea). Evan's a bit more measured in his bottle feeding though, patience is a virtue there. He'll suck a bit, then pause and reload (and sometimes fall asleep right away), so often we'll finish his meals through his "NG tube", which is a small tube they run through their nose down to the stomach.

I noticed in the first day I took way more pictures of Naomi than Evan, so here's another picture of him to leave you with: