Happy 3 weeks and 1 day!

Sam did such a great job with the recap of Celia & Isa's birth that I have decided to jump right into where we are at today.

The girls celebrated their 3 week birthday yesterday!  In some ways I can't believe we are already 3 weeks into their lives, and in other ways, I can't believe it's ONLY been 3 weeks.  We have experienced so much with the girls already.  We were there when Isa opened her eyes for the first time (I think she is going to be a mommy's girl because I asked her very nicely many times to wait until I was looking at her to open her eyes ... and she did)!  And like a true sister relationship goes, Celia could not be out done by her sister so about 12 hours later, Celia opened her eyes too which was the best Mother's Day gift I could have asked for. 


It turns out we had a very quiet first two weeks compared to week three.  We found out that both girls PDA valves opened back up with large openings and they are going to need surgery next week (on Tuesday & Wednesday).  The surgery is very common and recovery is typically very good - but we are still nervous/anxious for our girls who are still so little at this point.  We had a scare that Isa may have had an infection which got ruled out yesterday (thank god)! and Celia is having some additional testing done on her kidneys and fluid levels to rule out the possibility of having a condition known as CAH, but the doctors are optimistic that the end result will be negative.


Right now the girls course of care is to be left alone and untouched as much as possible so that they can focus on resting, eating and growing.  Both of them are getting 100% breast milk at this point and just today are being switched from continuous feedings to bolus feedings which we hope they tolerate well.  We want them to fatten up as quickly as possible! 

That's all for today ... now onto finding the best pictures to share!



Celia is such a lady. - 4/24/11



Isa's "Zipko Butt" - 5/2/11




Holding Isa for the first time while she gets weighed. - 5/2/11







Celia found a way to suck her thumb, tubes & all. - 5/2/11

Celia is always very dramatic in her poses. She will most likely be a movie star. - 5/10/11

Celia - little peanut. - 5/10/11

Isa, AKA Super Woman. - 5/11/11

Isa hanging out w/ her new breathing tube. She didn't like her old one so she pulled it out. - 5/11/2011