Had a bit of an upside-down day today. We went in to see the babies before going to work for a change, after some stress-inducing bathroom design investigations.
We arrived at NICU to the news that the children had been well behaved overnight. Also, earlier this morning they had their eyes checked again for ROP. This procedure had in store for us good news and bad news. The good news is that Stanley is still in the clear, and Willow's grade 1 ROP has actually diminished slightly.
The bad news is that the eye-drops that are used to dilate the pupils can sometimes cause apnoea. Willow showed us that this is something that affects her more than we'd like. Just after I got her out of her cot, her heart rate and sats dropped to nearly nothing, she stopped breathing and I could see her face turning blue. So 'the bag' was used to get her breathing once more. We really don't want to see that happening again; it's becoming very tiresome.
More positive news comes in the shape of Willow now being on 3 hourly feeds like her brother. They've also both been weighed again - Willow is 4lbs 3oz and Stanley 4lbs 10oz. Keep up the good work, little fellas.
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