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Day 11 of Life: Hospital Transfer
Today we got transferred to Nationwide Children's NICU. Earlier this afternoon, the doctors informed me they want to do another ultrasound on Jayce’s liver. His skin is still too red. They say it’s because of high levels of bilirubin, a substance made during the...
Day 10 of Life
It’s been a few days since our last update. Partly because there was little to report. Partly because we wanted to enjoy the last few days of Josiah’s Christmas “vacation” from work. (“Gee honey, what should we do with your week off?” “I don’t know. How about a trip...
Day 12: Next Goal for Jayce, Breathing Hiccups for Justine
We just finished our morning visit to see the kids. Updates! Jayce: His next challenge is to tolerate a richer feeding schedule. He starts receiving food + enrichment today and will increase calorie density once every day. If he keeps up with the new program, he can...
Day 11: Big Achievements for Twins & Falling in Love All Over Again
After our release from the hospital last night, we returned home, showered, and changed into Actual Clothes. We took ourselves out to Red Robin’s for a celebratory dinner. After nine months hiatus from blue cheese (okay, seven-and-a-half months), I enjoyed every bite...
Day 9: Parents Going Home Thursday
It’s nearly time for Josiah and I to return home! Everyone at Riverside has been lovely but I will be excited to sleep in my own bed tomorrow. We decided to divide and conquer this morning. Josiah went up to help with Justine’s bath while I stayed in the room to take...
Day 6, 7, 8: Tears, Tests, & Time
Christmas Eve was hard. It started with waking from a glorious sleep, a good breakfast of real food, and a morning visit to the kids with Mom, who gave Josiah a night off from hospital sleep with me to rest in his own bed at home. It was great to have a night without...
End of Day 5: We’re Parents!!
Thank you to everyone who showered us with prayer, encouragement, and service as last night’s heart test turned into this morning’s emergency c-section. It’s been a long day. Jayce and Justine were born at 9:30 am. I am not a fan of pregnancy nor birth, but I have to...
Day 5 Early Morning: Family of Four?
Midnight: Our midnight heart test went as poorly as the AM one. By 2 am, we were still testing with no end in sight. We've been visited by four different nurses in an attempt to get monitors correctly tracking separate kids. Ultimately, a resident doctor brought a...
Day 4 Update: Long Day On The Monitor
AM: We're having trouble passing our morning heart test. Kids moved. I moved. Heartbeats are too similar to differentiate. Most troubling, Jayce's heart has dipped too low several times. Doc said they are watching closely and are not prepared to take action at this...
Day 3 Evening Update: Doppler Test
Friday AM: Today's main event was a Doppler test. This looks at blood flow, volume, rate, etc. for Jayce and his support system. The test showed no improvement since Wednesday, the day we had our first Doppler test at the specialist's office. The results of which sent...
