Wednesday was another day of craziness for the four of us. We awoke to the news that our story was now not only in the local Echo, but also in the Mail, Telegraph, Express and Metro newspapers (with only a little bit of sensationalisation, courtesy of the Telegraph). It's all a little bit embarrassing; we don't really feel worthy of all this attention. The kind of thing that we went through goes on every single day in this country, we are by no means the only people who've suffered and there are a lot others who are so much worse off than us. At least it does raise awareness of the work that goes on in intensive care units on a daily basis, and it's nice to be part of a positive news story amongst all the misery out there in the world today.
I don't think Willow and Stanley noticed any of the fuss going on around them. They've had another good couple of days and continue to thrive. Willow was giving us some real smiles, reacting to both of us as we talked rubbish to her, as parents do. They slept for nearly six hours last night, which is more sleep than either of us have had in the last five months. If we can just stretch that out a bit we'll be more than happy.
We've been for a nice walk down the beach in the glorious spring sunshine, but are still a bit on edge and can't help but keep looking at the monitors all the time. I think we need to start weaning ourselves off Stanley's monitor at least, so we can get used to having a baby with no wires attached at all.
The physio from the Child Development Centre made a visit today to have a look at how Willow and Stanley are getting on physically. One of the main worries of everything they've been through - like being extremely premature, and all the events that occurred since their birth - is that they might have some form of cerebral palsy. It's impossible to tell at this stage just what exactly the outcome might be, but from today's examination there was nothing obvious with either of them which would necessarily indicate any problems. So, although inconclusive, which is all it can be at this stage, we'll happily go with 'no news is good news'.
The last few nights, both babies have been fast asleep all evening, from around 7pm til midnight. Hoping this will also be the case tonight, we are planning to sit back and watch a blu-ray with no disturbances. The good thing is, we can have the surround sound as loud as we like; because they're so used to the racket going on in NICU, they can sleep through anything.
We'll see how that goes...
I don't think Willow and Stanley noticed any of the fuss going on around them. They've had another good couple of days and continue to thrive. Willow was giving us some real smiles, reacting to both of us as we talked rubbish to her, as parents do. They slept for nearly six hours last night, which is more sleep than either of us have had in the last five months. If we can just stretch that out a bit we'll be more than happy.
We've been for a nice walk down the beach in the glorious spring sunshine, but are still a bit on edge and can't help but keep looking at the monitors all the time. I think we need to start weaning ourselves off Stanley's monitor at least, so we can get used to having a baby with no wires attached at all.
The physio from the Child Development Centre made a visit today to have a look at how Willow and Stanley are getting on physically. One of the main worries of everything they've been through - like being extremely premature, and all the events that occurred since their birth - is that they might have some form of cerebral palsy. It's impossible to tell at this stage just what exactly the outcome might be, but from today's examination there was nothing obvious with either of them which would necessarily indicate any problems. So, although inconclusive, which is all it can be at this stage, we'll happily go with 'no news is good news'.
The last few nights, both babies have been fast asleep all evening, from around 7pm til midnight. Hoping this will also be the case tonight, we are planning to sit back and watch a blu-ray with no disturbances. The good thing is, we can have the surround sound as loud as we like; because they're so used to the racket going on in NICU, they can sleep through anything.
We'll see how that goes...
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