Today marks one week out of the womb for Isla, Solomon, and Simon. All things considered, they are doing amazingly well. Isla and Simon had their hearing checked yesterday and they also passed just like their brother. They all continue to struggle with their feedings, though. They were very tired today and sometimes didn't take their bottle at all. The nurse mentioned giving them a break and doing mostly tube feedings for a day to see if it would help them rest up and get their strength back. We'll discuss this with the doctor tomorrow.
Solomon was put on a small amount of oxygen today. He does fine when he's awake, but he has periodic breathing when he's sleeping hard and his oxygen level will go up and down and dip below the acceptable level. The nurse said that it wasn't dipping to a dangerous level, but it's below where they'd like it to be. The oxygen may give him more energy and help him to eat better. Solomon has been our fiesty little one, but sometimes needs a little help to catch up. He had been having a temperature on the very low end of average and they put him under a warmer for a bit earlier this week to help him out. For the last several days his temperature has been just fine.
The small amount of oxygen that Solomon and Simon are on is okay to go home with, so it's just a waiting game to see when they'll all start eating enough.
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