Thursday, June 9, 2011

Kangaroo Care

Today Jace began some feedings - again.  Jocie will restart hers tomorrow.  We will see how long their tolerance holds this second go round.  They attempted placing a PICC line in Jace but they were unable to thread it through his vein so they will try again tomorrow.  His head ultrasound came back negative so no hemorrhages are present.  He also FINALLY had a sliver of poop!  Jocie had already pooped a couple of times now - oh the joys of children and talking about POOP! 
The biggest news for Jocie is that I got to start Kangaroo Care with her which is a technique used with preterm babies where the baby is held skin-to-skin on the chest for at least an hour - or as tolerated.  She tolerated it well and was able to keep her body temperature up against my body.  She felt so little against my skin!  It was an awesome feeling to hold her like that.

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  1. Oh Niki, your babies are beautiful! I am praying for you and them! Thank you for sharing this journey with us! They seem like two amazing, strong babies!!

    Tricia Moreno

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