Catching Up again...

Last wednesday 6/22 Jace had his PICC line removed. His feedings have been going really well and the Docs decided it was the next step. They have added the fortifier to Niki's milk to add calories to the feeds to try and make them more dense for him. On Saturday Jace lost is regular IV and is now only on the feedings. His IV fizzled as all of them wear out sooner or later, and  it had to be removed and started in a new location. The nurses tried to start a new one a few times but with no  success. Jace was what they called "dry" for a couple days and during this time Jocie acutally passed him in weight! On friday Jace got his first shot of EPO to help his red blood cell count- (yes that is the same drug that distance athletes use).

On thursday Jocie had her PICC line removed as well as the docs felt she had progressed enough. They removed her regular IV as well so now both are just on the feedings. Also on Friday they added the fortifier for Jocie.
Both Jace and Jocie had some goobers in their eyes and are getting drops to help. Neither one had a positive lab on the culture so that is good.

A lot of feeding and growing last week. Jace is now 2.7 and Jocie is 2.5 as of yesterday. They think that soon they will share an Isolette and be together again :) It should be interesting. Jace is much more squirmy than Jocie and might annoy her when they are side by side. Hopefully he will behave!