Too good to be true

The boys are doing well. They passed their eye exam today and were classified as "mature." Never thought I'd hear that word used to describe our offspring! Both IVs were taken out, yay! All that's left is for them to learn to eat -no pressure Mommy!

7/26/10 Update

Happy Birthday Great Nana!!

Both boys are doing exceptionally well!! Nicholas is almost to full feeds which means no more IV as of tomorrow if all goes well. This means we can dress him and bathe him and he can begin nursing on his own. Matthew isn't far behind his brother, he is up to 21 mls and doing really well with it! He also exceeded the 2000 gram mark and now weighs 4 lbs 7 1/2 oz!

Making strides

Matthew is catching up to Nicholas and both are making leaps and bounds now! Matthew has just been taken out of the isolette and is finally in an open air crib like his brother. Both are increasing regularly on their feeds and should be off the IV within a week, we hope, we hope! Once that happens, all they have to do is learn to eat with their mouths :)

Reunited and it feels so good :)

Matthew has arrived! Due to his excellent progress, he moved out of the NICU and joined his brother yesterday in the IICN!

Way to go boys!

Matthew has increased to 8mls every 3 hrs, yay! And his is queued to move down to the intermediate nursery as soon as there is space available which means he will be joining his brother very soon!! PDA is still open but they expect it to close soon and are no longer considering surgery to be likely. Also, Matthew just broke the 4 pound mark too!

Nicholas has been increased back to 15 mls and will increase 3 mls every 24 hours so he is back on track!  He has also been moved out of his isolette and into an open air crib so we can pick him up anytime we want now!

Today is the first day of the rest of your life

Nicholas has moved up to 9mls and is set to eat 12 mls  tonight at 9:30, so that's progress! His murmur is still there but hoping it will close still. Matthew's echo is tomorrow so we will finally know what course of action to take once the results are in, but he has been eating up every bit of his 3mls. The biggest news is that Nicholas has now passed the 4 pound mark!

Nicholas' echocardiogram showed a "PDA" -the same thing Matthew has that is causing his heart murmur. Fortunately they say it's small and the open duct will hopefully close on its own. We won't know Matthew's status until Monday. Both are tolerating feeds very well though -Matthew still on 3mls until results of echocardiogram are in Mon; Nicholas moved up to 6 mls.

Matthew still on 3mls and tolerating well! They're taking it slow as murmur is still present.
Nicholas back on feeds starting over at 3mls. His X-rays and tests all came back normal. Has small murmur too now so being cautious with him as well.

Deja meets her newest cousins!

Deja and Matthew shoot the breeze

Update 7/15/10 10:20am

Matthew tolerated his 3mls every 3 hrs overnight! Doctors will discuss this morning to decide whether to increase today or tomorrow.
Nicholas, unfortunately, had a set back and has been taken off food. He threw up a few times last night and the doctors are assessing why right now. Should hear soon.

Nicholas checking out his surroundings.

Matthew taking a snooze and then following brother's suit, also takes a gander at his surroundings.

Sleeping Giants

Nicholas

Matthew

Our Boys: The Early Days

Nicholas Martel Sims - 5 days old

Matthew Louis Sims - 5 days old

Grandpa Ron holds Matthew for the first time