Almost Home

Found out this afternoon that Keaton had taken bottles for 24 hours so they were removing his feeding tube. We were surprised to go to NICU tonight to see McKenna had hers removed too.

Keaton's feeding tonight without the tube was a little tiring for daddy. Keaton didn't want to eat, was bored with it and then fell asleep. He made it through the whole feeding though. He has to be able to take his entire bottles for 24-48 hours without help or the feeding tube goes back in. Please pray for this. That would be painful for him I am sure.

We had three nurses today tell us that Keaton will be going home soon, and two of them seem to think that it will be next week. We are excited to have our son home, but also a bit worried. He will have to have the heart monitor which is a scary thought. Plus his sister will still be in NICU for several more weeks while she gains weight and she can't have heart drops. So that will be a struggle to try to plan it all out with visiting her and Kyle working and taking care of Keaton.

Keaton weighed 4 lb 7 oz tonight. Woo hoo...getting closer to the five pound mark.

McKenna struggled drinking her bottle tonight. She usually eats it so fast she struggles to breathe in between. Tonight she got exhausted really quickly and fell asleep while eating most of it...She also choked on it three times. Was a little scary. Same rule applies to McKenna...if she doesn't eat all her bottles, tube goes back in.

McKenna weighed 3 lb 4 oz tonight. She is really getting up there in weight and you can tell she is finally filling out a little. We still are not able to hold her, mainly because the feedings. She is too small for her body to handle being fed plus being held. It would burn too many calories. I pray that this doesn't effect her long term - not being held.

Keep them in your prayers. Today was another good day.