Max and Michaela spend all day and night under the close watch of what must be one of the world’s best pit crews.  Every aspect of the babies’ health is constantly monitored; real-time treatment updates are carried out seamlessly; and every NICU nurse and doctor and we’ve worked with so far has been totally caring and knowledgeable.  Best of all, the nurses are genuinely excited to walk us through the process of understanding just what is going on.  They do a great job of answering all of our questions – regardless of how many times we ask the same thing over and over again.

Michael and one of our nurses discussing Michaela’s heart rate

From adjusting breathing tubes and sleeping positions to making name tags and translating test results to layman’s terms, the nurses take great care to make sure the three M’s and I are all as comfortable as possible during our pit stop in the NICU.

These cute name tags appeared on the babies’ beds one day last week.

One of the monitoring screens we spend hours looking at (and thinking about!) each day

More good news to report today!

Both Max & Michaela have continued to tolerate their feedings and are up to 7 cc and 5 cc per feeding, respectively.  Both are scheduled to have their arterial lines removed from their umbilical cords today, which means we may be able to hold them soon!  They are both slowly continuing to gain weight, and they look more comfortable now that phototherapy is complete (no more masks).

Max snoozing

Michaela getting some love from Dad