Praying for strength

We spent a few minutes with Twin B on her way out to Children's Hospital where she is in NICU. We just got back from NICU here to see Twin A. I wish we had names so we could refer to them by name. We hope to have that figured out soon. Twin A needs lots and lots of prayer. She has a tough road ahead of her as she has for many weeks. She is just so tiny and her little lungs are doing everything they can right now. Her nurse said she expects her to get worse before she gets better. She has a couple of other things going on physically but not as critical as her lungs. Mary and I will be going over to Children's Hospital a little later to check in on Twin B. Her lungs are in much better condition but is still on CPAP. They will begin evaluating her heart condition to see for sure what the issue is. They said it doesn't appear to be an immediate concern at this point. We are doing ok, considering everything that has happened. We pray that God will continue performing miracles and make our girls stronger every minute.

Our 2 Girls are here

Our 2 newest angels were born at 12:27 and doing ok. I was able to briefly see them when they went to NICU. Twin A - 1# 10 oz has underdeveloped lungs and was intubated, otherwise fine. For now she will be in this NICU. Twin B - 2# 4.8 oz is breathing on her own but has a heart murmur. She is being taken to Cincinnati Children's as planned to be evaluated for her heart condition. Before they take her they will bring her to recovery so we can see her. Here are their first pictures I was able to snap in the hall on their way to NICU. Jessica is very sore but doing just fine. Praise God they made it, and ask him for strength and healing!

Twins are coming now

Jessica is being taken to OR right now for emergency C-Section. The past couple of hours she has been having some bleeding and Twin A has just started showing some signs of distress as a result. They think the placenta is separating. Please pray for everything that is going on right now it is kind of chaotic. I was not able to go with her so I am waiting with my parents and Mary. I will post later as soon as I know something.

Brandon

Day 3

Today has been a great day. Our doctor came in first thing and told us they were going to stop the Mag Sulfate. He said based on the tracking of the contractions he expected them to continue and get more frequent. Once again, the doctor doesn't get to be right. She has had very few contractions throughout the day. She was able to get a shower this morning which made her feel tremendously better. She called our moms first thing this morning and gave them the information and left it up to them whether to come over or not. So, Mary and my parents came over and spent the afternoon with us. It was great to have someone else to talk to for a while. They are staying here in town tonight, hopefully they will have made the trip for nothing. We spent a while on baby names with no definite solutions. Please post any suggestions and we will take them into consideration. Thank you Aunt Sue for taking care of our precious little angels at home. We miss them already but know they are doing fine. I realized today that the Cardinals open the season here in Cincinnati on April 5th sooooo,,,,, we'll see.

Day 2

Hello Everyone, I FINALLY created one of these blog things. I have looked at many the past few years but always put off making one of my own. This one is obviously dedicated to our twin babies, so I won't discuss health care reform or the new iPad here.

Throughout the night the contractions pretty much went away completely but not without it's toll on Mom. The Magnesium Sulfate makes you sick, very hot, droggy and you can't eat. She had an ultrasound this morning and everything looks fine in there. This afternoon the contractions have started again but only a couple an hour. She will be taken off the Magnesium Sulfate in the morning since she has had the 2 steroid shots to help mature the babies' lungs. They say if the contractions start again they will not give any more Mag Sulfate but they have some other ways to try to stop them. The current weights are Twin A - 1 lb 14 oz and Twin B - 2 lb 3 oz and mom, well she wouldn't want me to tell.

Thanks Elo for covering my shift at work today.

I had some Chinese for lunch and here was my fortune from the cookie:

"An unexpected event will soon make your life more exciting"

Day 1

March 25, 2010

She has been getting drugs to stop contractions which were 2-3 minutes apart and somewhat intense but they have eased to anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes apart. No dilation and no thinning of the cervix. They are also giving steroids to help the babies’ lungs mature and antibiotics to fight potential infection. She will not leave here until she delivers, hopefully for babies’ sake that's a while. Either way, we will be in Cincinnati for several weeks. One thing we don't have to worry about is our care here. Several doctors and nurses of various specialties have been in and out since we arrived. We are in good hands.

As always we are very thankful for the thoughts, prayers and offers to help out with anything at home. Our girls are well taken care of there by family which makes that less of a worry.

Once I get hacked into the hospitals network I am going to be setting up a blog or something to make updating easier.

Thanks,
Brandon and Jessica

Going to Cincinnati

March 25, 2010

There's no easier way to put this, so Jessica had an abnormal leak today. She went to Methodist and her doctor said the fluid they saw yesterday was not as much today. He thinks there may be a chronic rupture of the sac so the fluid has been leaking out. She is being taken by ambulance to Cincinnati. The ambulance is because the liability of letting me drive her is too great I suppose. I am following her there. Her doctor thinks they may keep her until they are delivered however long that may be. She isn't having contractions and there doesn't appear to be any immediate concern or risk. More to follow after she is there and evaluated.