Well, if you haven't noticed, we haven't been posting since the birth of the Twizzles. It has been an interesting and stressful week for all involved, but we're plugging through.
First of all, we are all healthy and doing well.
The GC2.0 had an uneventful postoperative course. She has incisional and abdominal pain, which from what I see is improving. She also struggled for a little to get her "milk to come in" after being doped up on magnesium and requiring transfusions, etc. (That is a totally different blog entry for another time!) But ... without further ado... she is now the DQ 2.0!!!! This version is so much more advanced from the prior. She has sought the help from every Certified Lactation Consultant (CLC for short; board certified!) from here to Durham. She has also rented a hospital-grade, industrial strength pump. Supposedly, her little Madella hands-free do-hicky was not up to the twin task. According to some of her CLC's, that little pump motor might not be able to handle the stress of the new DQ2.0. Oh boy! And what stress it was! She has been faithfully using her machines (she now has 3, in strategic locations) for produce every 3 hours! WOWOWOWOWOW! Like everything else, she is amazing. She was discharged on Friday.
The Twizzles are chugging along, but are still in the hospital. They were 35wks, and are still learning how to eat and develop. Court had a short episode of respiratory distress, leading to a NICU transfer. Interestingly enough, the second he was wheeled into the NICU, he perked up and had no further breathing problems. (Funny how that works. Adults are the same way too sometimes!) Both he and his sister are just now working on eating and storing calories. Today, Mila was brought down to join her brother, but basically to keep them in one place. Too bad they didn't think about the "twin rooms" 4 days ago, when the DQ2.0 was hauling her postoperative self up and down, up and down, up and down trying to feed the twizzles. I was also caught up in the act, having to drudge milk downstairs as well. (Poor poor Editor)
The NICU is very conservative, and likes to hang on to their kids, so things seem to move very very slowly. But there are much, much worse babies down there. For that we are extremely fortunate! (Oh, by the way, the NICU is an absolutely amazing place. It was just completed about a year ago, and is modern to a T. Each baby has his or her own room, which is bigger than my office, and they are wired for sound! Amazing!)
The Editor is chugging along. Somehow, I was able to keep working last week, making lives better through electricity! I had 2 cases Tues AM, and then more the rest of the week. Seems this was a busy work week for me as well. I also started growing a beard... which I think added to our pathetic look. The DQ2.0 doesn't like it, but she's so sleep deprived I'm not sure she'll even notice it's there... I'll only shave it if the Pizz doesn't like it! (So we all really know how long the beard is going to last!)
The Pizz is sooooo big, especially now compared to her sibs. She is amazing; growing and developing at an alarming rate. Seems we have missed so much in the past week. Mo has been here since last Sunday (talk about timing!) and has been an absolute force for us. We've gotten Pizz-o-penic the last couple of days, and with the consolidation in the NICU, decided to start sleeping at home. (We had been "nesting" in the GC2.0's old room... which gave us a hotel-like feel. With hospital food!!!)
So, we're home. I'm blogging and the DQ2.0 has gone into the Nursery 2.0 to use her hospital-grade breast pump (we'll call it BP2.0!). Mo, the Pizz, and Ham are sleeping.
Almost a complete family...
Sweet!
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