Just when we thought our weekend couldn't get any worse, that's exactly what it did.
We'd been completely deflated by Stanley's little hiccup at Sunday lunchtime, so all we needed that night was a nice smooth transition into Monday. But that was too much to ask. At one in the morning, Willow had one of her classic episodes, where she stopped breathing and needed resuscitating. We just hit rock bottom after that - realising that this would add another 2 or 3 weeks until either of them would be coming home. It really feels like it's just never-ending. But we've got to keep going, because that's exactly what Willow and Stanley are doing.
Today, we escorted Stanley over to the main hospital for a bit of a 'barium swallow'. This procedure involves swallowing barium, funnily enough, and it's used to examine the upper gastrointestinal tract via an X ray. We were hoping it may shed some light on Stanley's feeding issues, but at the same time we really didn't want there to be anything fundamentally wrong with anything.
So Stanley, being Stanley, produced a faultless display of perfectly coordinated sucking, swallowing and breathing. He'd never done it so nicely before, but decided to perform in front of an audience while being filmed. The images showed the liquid going exactly where it should be going, with no signs of any trickling into lungs or anywhere else where it shouldn't. The results were therefore inconclusive, but that is much better than being terrible. The plan is try giving him different formula, and try other drugs to combat any reflux.
Willow was perfectly fine today after last night's shenanigans, and looking super-cute as usual. So, the nurses of NICU are lucky enough to be looking after our babies for a good few weeks yet; until hopefully, one day this century, they will be released into the care of their parents.
We'd been completely deflated by Stanley's little hiccup at Sunday lunchtime, so all we needed that night was a nice smooth transition into Monday. But that was too much to ask. At one in the morning, Willow had one of her classic episodes, where she stopped breathing and needed resuscitating. We just hit rock bottom after that - realising that this would add another 2 or 3 weeks until either of them would be coming home. It really feels like it's just never-ending. But we've got to keep going, because that's exactly what Willow and Stanley are doing.
Today, we escorted Stanley over to the main hospital for a bit of a 'barium swallow'. This procedure involves swallowing barium, funnily enough, and it's used to examine the upper gastrointestinal tract via an X ray. We were hoping it may shed some light on Stanley's feeding issues, but at the same time we really didn't want there to be anything fundamentally wrong with anything.
So Stanley, being Stanley, produced a faultless display of perfectly coordinated sucking, swallowing and breathing. He'd never done it so nicely before, but decided to perform in front of an audience while being filmed. The images showed the liquid going exactly where it should be going, with no signs of any trickling into lungs or anywhere else where it shouldn't. The results were therefore inconclusive, but that is much better than being terrible. The plan is try giving him different formula, and try other drugs to combat any reflux.
Willow was perfectly fine today after last night's shenanigans, and looking super-cute as usual. So, the nurses of NICU are lucky enough to be looking after our babies for a good few weeks yet; until hopefully, one day this century, they will be released into the care of their parents.
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