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Please excuse our short absence last week.  We had a questionable week, which I think Hava will write about later, and then our internet did not work at our new place after Cox came out on Friday.  They are going to be stopping by again today to get it going, so we should be back.
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I said before I’m a little scattered. I am forgetting MAJOR events, maybe I shouldn’t blog at 11:30 at night. Not last night but the night before (24 robbers came knockin at my door…) the nurse asked if I would like to hold Loen. OH MY GOD, would I ever! Tadd had a look on [...]

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Yes I know, there were no updates this weekend. Tadd and I were just trying to “be”. From sleeping in inadequate stretches, going to the hospital, and starting to pack we are pretty drained. Wait….did you get that last part?! Yes we are moving again, even though we just moved to this place in October. [...]

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I believe that is the mantra they try and pound into the NICU parents. I have heard it from the nurses, the social worker even the doctor has said it. Do you know how hard it is to just “live in the moment”?! My mind likes to race forward and think of the worst possible [...]

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I had started to write a post about how our babies are 2 weeks old today, but when we went in at 5:30 this evening we could tell something was up. Derby had a perforated bowel due to necrotizing enterocolitis and needed surgery. It all happened so quickly. He has come out of surgery but [...]

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(DISCLAIMER: I started this post yesterday morning but just didn’t have the energy to finish it. So I have added to it and just put todays date where there is new info)
That is what the doctor told us the other day. It is not a matter of if but when they will get an infection, [...]

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Now MY babies are enjoying a plethora of beautiful blankets, they are already sooooo spoiled and they are only 12 days old. I’m okay with that, I figure it makes up for all the other little hardships they have to face. Unfortunately not all the babies in our NICU are so lucky. Yesterday one of [...]

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Before having major surgery they have you sign a paper saying you understand all the pros and cons, there is also a part saying you are not to sign any legal documents for 24 hours until you have recovered from the anesthesia. Perhaps they should have mothers sign one of those before giving birth saying [...]

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Today was my dad’s birthday, his first as a Grandpa. To celebrate we went to dinner at a bbq place in SB that recently opened with Tamie, Tracie, and Glenda, who had all planned on being in SB this weekend before the drama started. The twins were kind enough to pose for some [...]

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There is a dentist office in Michigan that was probably in a tizzy that we didn’t post anything yesterday. We have some very dedicated readers you know!
Yesterday was kind of like the day before. Loen was looking stable, while Derby needed a little more help. Same issues of blood pressure, increased blood sugar and no [...]

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