Addyson lost her umbilical cord

Addyson finally lost her umbilical cord!

Addyson's heart rate has been running high some of the time - they call this tachycardia. I talked to the neonatologist that was in the NICU yesterday. They are watching it but at this point they aren't going to run tests because she is usually in the normal range and only becomes tachycardic for 15-20 seconds at most and to require tests on her heart or things to check for infection or the bunches of other reasons that her heart rate could be high would not be worth it at this point. They would make her mad and she would waste energy, blood etc. and at this point they just don't see any other clues that would prompt them to think that anything is wrong. Please pray that her heart would calm down and that the doctors would have wisdom to see what might be wrong and know at what point or if they should run tests.

They both continue to gain weight and do just great otherwise!

It is hard to believe that it has been a month today since I was first admitted to the hospital when Addyson's umbilical cord flow became absent. What a lot the Lord has done in a few weeks! Sometimes we feel like the time has gone rather quickly - we are thankful that we really haven't minded the drives to Wichita. Things really have gone well for the kids and we've enjoyed most of the time that we've gotten to spend with them in NICU. We still have our days where we wish we were all home. There aren't very many days that we go to the hospital and don't meet a mom and baby waiting for the car to pick them up to go home so it is still a challenge to not be jealous of the fact that we don't have our babies at home with us. Or that we don't have normal baby pictures and that the twins haven't gotten to be close to each other. But we look forward to the day they do get to come home and what a celebration that will be! We are so grateful that the Lord gave them to us and we really cherish the times when we hold them! What a blessing they are!!