Exhausted

How in the world do women do it? Have babies and take them home right away and then find energy to care for them and still get other things done? They are amazing! So are the men that do that.

Spent almost the entire day with the babies. Was able to do three of Keaton's feedings. He is slacking a bit with it. He still only got half of the bottle drank each time and then they had to put the rest through the tube in his nose.

Nurse today and the doctor both said they didn't feel the hernia and they weren't sure what the nurse was talking about. So that's a blessing and we pray if he had one that it is gone for good.

Keaton gained an ounce and is now 4 lb 3 oz and 17 1/2" long. Such a big boy. He has the sweetest eyes and looks adorable in the crib he moved into this afternoon.

McKenna is 3 lb 1 oz now and 15 1/4" long. She has grown quite a bit. Due to her increased number of heart drops (three earlier today) and sat drops they put her back on the meds that tell her brain to breathe. They thought that may be increasing her high heart rate, but they have to do something to help prevent or decrease the drops, so this is their answer.

Her eye culture came back that she has a little bacteria in the eye, but not an infection. Their suggestion is to massage the tear duct and see if that clears things up a bit.

McKenna's skin was looking even more pale tonight so they are going to do another blood count tomorrow morning. We usually get results back pretty quickly. They also did another MRSA test on her today to make sure she still doesn't have the infection. It's a bit frustrating they have done three on her since Keaton was diagnosed with the colonization of MRSA but have not done another one on Keaton. We are also still waiting for results on my tests for MRSA and should get those tomorrow.

Hoping to finish things up in the nursery this week, just in case Keaton IS able to come home. Think that will help us to feel a little more calm about him coming home...having things organized and ready for them.

Please pray for Keaton to start taking all his bottles, for him to continue to do so when they remove the feeding tube, for him to hold his body temperature, for MRSA colonization to go away, and for overall health and weight gain.

Please pray for McKenna to gain weight, continue drinking her bottles (can now have two a day), breathe without stimulation, heart to beat like it's suppose to, eye bacteria to go away, blood count to go up on its own, and for overall health and well being.