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