After a long day at work, I survived another bus journey to go and see the wife and kids in our 2nd home. When I got there, Leela was holding both of our little babies, which brought a certain amount of warmth to my insides and a big smile to my face.
Willow is already showing Stanley who is the boss, sticking her fingers in his face while he just chills out, ignoring her. I'm sure this trend will continue for the foreseeable future.
Another milestone was reached today - Willow is now in a cot, just like her brother. She's now big enough to be able to maintain her body temperature a bit better.
On the whole, they are both getting more stable, but it is still not relaxing in NICU. They will both have episodes where their heart rate drops, they stop breathing and their oxygen saturation goes down. Although we get used to it, we're quite looking forward to not having to poke our children to remind them that they need to breathe, worrying each time that they just won't start again.
The midnight status call was better than I thought it would be. They both had good blood gases, and Willow's lung situation still doesn't appear to be affected by her stopping the steroids. Hopefully her little lungs are now strong enough to just grow on their own.
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