Sunday, December 12, 2010

Doing great!

So....it seems that it is taking more and more time between blog posts. :)  Life is pretty crazy around the Miller household!  Somehow the twins are now 3 months old and a whopping 9lbs each! :)  We are getting more and more used to our new life with each passing day.  Brooks is finally starting to be a little less fussy and even will sleep 6-8 hour stretches at night on occasion!!  We had a wedge made for him (a foam "bed" that allows him to sleep upright to help with his reflux) and we can finally put him down to sleep! He just started sleeping in his room a little over a week ago and he's doing pretty well.
McKinley has actually passed Brooks in the weight department!!!  She is being fed so much in order to keep her kidney functioning that she just zoomed right past him, which is pretty amazing since she was born a pound less and didn't eat for the first 2 weeks of her life!!  The kidney Dr's are so proud of her progress and told us that most babies in her condition don't thrive, let alone gain weight like she is.  We are on a strict feeding schedule and she is taking in almost twice what she would normally eat.  So, most of her feeds are done through her feeding tube.  We would love to be able to feed her more with the bottle but right now that is a major struggle. We will be seeing an occupational therapist at Childrens next week so try and determine why it is so difficult for her to eat on her own.  There could be a number of reasons but we pray that it is something that is fixable and as non invasive as possible.  The Dr's continue to tweak McKinley's medications to make sure that her kidney functions.  She's currently on 4 medicines in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, 4 at night at 1 bi-weekly shot.  The dosages continue to change with each lab draw she has (usually 1 or 2 blood draws per week).  She is still seeing the Dr's about twice per week but luckily we have wonderful family and friends that will look after Brooks while we're going back and forth between Children's hospital.
We are so blessed to have these two miracle babies!  Something I occasionally need to be reminded of when they're both crying, or keeping me up all night long. :)  And God has been so good to watch over our sweet McKinley and keep her healthier than she probably should be.

1 comment:

  1. Look at those cute little ruggers! So glad to hear that things are continuing to improve. Praise God for that! :)

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