1 Week Old

The girls are doing well, and so are Emily and Travis. Now the babies are at 1 week old. Aren't they the cutest things you have EVER seen....other than their aunt Lisa, of course.

Both girls are off of oxygen and are breathing well! They both have feeding tubes: Riley receives 2/5 tsp. every 3 hours, and Keagan receives 1/5 tsp. every 4 hours. Riley has gained weight, and is now just barely under 2 pds.!! In Emily's own words, "I am SO over the moon in love with them!"

Riley
(she looks more like Emily)
And I must say, Emily looks smokin' hot in that hospital scrub. I'm thinkin' she should steal it and save it for church....just a thought.

Sweet Riley


Sweet Keagan

Uh, could Keagan look any more like a mini-Travis?

Keagan and Riley

The girls finally have names! Here is the latest:

Baby A (Lenni) is now Keagan
Yesterday she had a small heart surgery. The artery between the heart and lungs that normally closes automatically at birth, was still open. A clamp was placed on this artery to close it off. This is actually a common procedure in premies. Now her heart and lungs don't have to work as hard as they had been. The doctors took out her breathing tube yesterday because they thought the leak in her lung had healed, but by evening, they could tell that the leak was still there and the breathing tube was reinserted.

Baby B (Ninja) is now Riley
She has a broken leg. The nurses noticed that one leg was slightly swollen and so an xray was taken. She now has on the world's tiniest cast.

Emily will be discharged today. She is happy to be able to sleep in her own bed, but she is very sad to leave her girls behind.

Babies Update

Here is an update on the girls--
I have nicknamed them Chubby and Skinny

Chubby (Baby A)
She has a slight leak in her lung. Because of this, oxygen was leaking out of her lungs and she was having to work really hard to breathe. She now has a breathing tube to help with this. Hopefully the leak will heal itself within a couple of days. Other than that, she is doing well.

Skinny (Baby B)
She is holding steady. Within her first 24 hrs. she had a blood transfusion and since then, has been doing fine.

Em is moving slowly, but doing well. She will check out of the hospital tomorrow.

Twice The Love

Baby A- 3.5 pds.
16 1/2 inches long

Baby B- 1.13 pds.
13 3/4 inches long

Double Trouble Has Arrived

They're Here!
Emily's cesarean started at 8:33 am Hawaii time, and the girls were taken to the NICU 16 min. later:
Baby A- 3.5 pds. 16 1/2 inches long
Baby B- 1.13 pds. 13 3/4 inches long

As the delivery started, each baby had a team of doctors waiting for her--a neonatologist, a pediatrician, a respitory doctor, and 2 nurses.

Baby B's lungs are more developed than Baby A's.
Emily is asleep and Travis is a bit dazed. :)

I will post more info. as it comes in...

Today Is The Day

Last night, Emily had an ultrasound. It revealed that Baby B's heart is not functioning as it should (something to do with her blood flow). It was determined that they will be delivered today at 8:30 am Hawaii time (1:30 pm in Texas) by cesarean. I will post all of the details as soon as I have them.....

Prayers For The Twins

Hi Everyone. This is Lisa, Emily's sister. I can already hear you asking, "aren't you the wiser and cuter sister?" Yup, that's me. Em has asked that I post a twin update and a special prayer request--

Emily has been in the hospital (again) since Monday. Baby B (Ninja) is not doing well. She is not growing. Baby A (Lenni) weighs 3.3 oz. and Baby B weighs only 1.12 oz. Starting on Monday, Emily was given steroids to strengthen their lungs and the girls are being constantly monitored. From a detailed ultrasound, the doctor can see that the artery in Ninja's umbilical cord is damaged. This means that her placenta isn't working the way it should and she is not receiving adequate blood supply, nutrition, etc. They don't know how long the artery has been damaged or why.

Ninja is stressed, but holding steady. If she becomes ANY more distressed, the babies will immediately be delivered by cesarean. Emily is currently at 30 weeks. The goal is to make it to 32 weeks (October 20th). She will not leave the hospital.

Emily has asked for all of you to pray for her baby girls. We are all just hoping that she can stay pregnant as long as possible and that when these girls do arrive, they are as healthy as possible.

I will post updates...thank you!