Another long day. It is amazing to me how time flies when I’m inside the NICU with the twins. They way all your troubles seem to melt away when you see them. As I walk in the hospital I am usually thinking about how to get my pay straightened out at work, when I will have time to complete the program I am working on, when I will be able to wire the house for ethernet, etc. As soon as I enter the NICU, I forget it all. Time stops for me, and all that matters are the twins. Then when you finally feel that they have had their fill (because you never get enough of them), you realize hours have gone by. I’d say the worst part about the NICU, is noticing empty baby warmers. That is to say, baby warmers that once had a baby in them. There’s those babies that are no longer there, than you just know didn’t make it, and it breaks your heart. You have to hope and pray that you are wrong and by some miracle they made it home just fine. There are also some, that you are sure made it out just fine. I have to say, I don’t know how those nurses and doctors can work there. I’m thankful they do, but I couldn’t do it. Something about innocent life that makes things so much more difficult. Mistakes are unforgiveable, I would think. How would you live with yourself? My hats off to those men and women. truly extraordinary people.

Today, Rhys is having a not so good day. The docs are pretty sure he has an infection of sorts, and have sent a blood culture out to find out what exactly it is. He received a blood transfusion today, and I’m sure that helped him feel a lot better. They’ve got him on antibiotics right now, and we should start seeing some improvement in a day or two. He’s swelling a bit because of all the things going on (he’s just not feeling well in general). It’s really concerning…

Leilani is getting a long pretty good. She still has a hole in her lung, but we’re getting closer and closer to it healing. They are trying to put the vents down as low as they can for her to help the healing process. Her blood counts are fine, and she seems to be faring quite well.

On the plus side the bili-lights are off of both kids today, so that gave them a break from the blindfolds. We got to see their beautiful eyes again! It still stuns me to the core when I see her eyes.

Leilani

Rhys