Alex and Emily have started having some breathing troubles. Yesterday they had to be put on 100% oxygen. This morning however, things seemed to settle down. Emily was started on dexamethasone, which should help with her lung development. Alexander however, has been battling a yeast infection, so the doctors want to wait until he gets … [Read more…]
Alexander and Emily have had a big week. Both are doing well. Babies are born with PDA, which is a hole in the heart which closes on its own in full term babies. They gave Alex and Emily a drug to help close the PDA, but told us that it usually doesn’t work on preemies … [Read more…]
I’ve been thinking about our little boy and what his life must have been like. Some of you might think this is kind of silly, but I think an autobiography of his life might go something like this: July 31st, (The Feast Day of Saint Ignacias Loyolla), I am born at 11:08 AM! My sister … [Read more…]
I’m sorry to everyone for not updating this blog regularly, but just haven’t found the time or energy. As most of you know, Jennifer had some serious complications with the pregnancy. On June 30, she started bleeding. We went to the hospital, and she was held overnight. She got sent home with a prescription for … [Read more…]
Hello Everyone!! Sorry it has taken me so long to post again. I went to the Dermatologist on Wednesday. He thought I had a combination of a bacterial rash and an allergic reaction to my prenatal. He recommended that I contact my OB and talk about changing my prenatal (the bacterial rash would go away … [Read more…]