Saturday, January 22, 2011

Much better, thank you.


We've had a busy three weeks, but we are all handling things well. Daria remains in the hospital, but we brought Sabine into the ISCU for a play date and the girls get along swimmingly. Sunday will be 38 weeks, and we are thankful that both of them are progressing so quickly.

We are also thankful for the outpouring of help and offers for help. If we haven't called you yet, don't lose hope - you will likely be next. Thank you notes are not enough to show our full appreciation for everyone's help.

Also, we are updating our Flickr account with photos as frequently as we can. We have videos too, and will upload them eventually.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Waiting for Daria...


Sabine is home. She is doing fantastic. Her parents are experiencing a steep learning curve but enjoying every minute of it. All three of us are ready for Daria to come home.

Daria is doing quite well in the ISCU. As the smaller twin, she has a little more catching up to do. We hope to be able to bring her back to Ballard this weekend or early next week. We are just waiting for her to get strong enough to be able to take all of her feedings by bottle instead of sleeping through half of them. She is already past her birthweight, off of her IV, and out of the isolette. She is tiny but scrappy. We have high hopes for her (though we think she is the twin most likely to run us ragged).

Erin

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Progress





The girls are progressing well. They are out of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and have moved into the Infant Special Care Unit (ISCU). This is a "step down" in care, and after they have achieved the next set of milestones, they will be allowed to come home. Of course, I have told all of the dr's and nurses that our daughters are gifted and talented, and I'm positive that this will be a short stay (they tend to roll their eyes and act like they are being called).

They are both eating and growing quickly, and Daria is in the picture above with the bottle. They are both under a special light which helps them develop, so they need to wear little masks to protect their eyes. In the second photo, you can see that one of the nurses decided to have some fun with Sabine's mask.

Erin and I are now able to come home for some much needed rest, although to say we are fully rested would be entirely false. We travel to the hospital as often as possible, because we are allowed to hold and assist with their care at certain times of the day. It is frustrating, but we are so pleased and confident with the care at Swedish that we can't really complain.

Joey

Monday, January 03, 2011

A little early, but all's well.



Sabine Marie and Daria Peyt were born New Year's Eve at 5:29 and 5:30 respectively. They didn't quite make it to 35 weeks so they will be staying in the NICU until they reach some key milestones. But, they are healthy and beautiful, and they have some of the proudest parents around. Sabine weighed in at 4 lbs 14.5 oz and Daria was 4 lbs 1.4 oz. Both girls are 18 inches long.

Erin is recovering from her surprise labor and unexpected c-section, and I am still shocked at how tough that woman is (and most women are: credit where it's due). Several nurses also mentioned how meticulous she was with keeping up with schedules and meds, etc. I'm not sure they appreciated it so much, but even full of drugs she kept reminding them of which steps she was expecting and decisions that had to be made about procedures before she was even asked. I guess it comes from reading practically every book available.

We are able to stay in parenting rooms at the hospital, and will be there as often as possible until the girls can come home. Hopefully, that will be sooner than later.