The ol’man turns 32 tomorrow. The twins are getting a little long in the tooth also. Loen and Derby are now in cribs. The giraffe is just too advanced for them now that they are over 4 pounds each and can keep the body temp up. Loen’s new crib (I never planned on all the [...]
Entries from January 2008
Birthdays
January 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Precious
January 7th, 2008 · 8 Comments
The little ones looked precious last night. Maybe I shouldn’t use the term ‘precious’, because in the back of my mind I say it with Gollum’s accent from Lord of the Rings. How about ‘adorable’? Yup, I will say they were downright adorable. I still feel as if I am just visiting someone elses incredibly [...]
Struggles
January 4th, 2008 · 13 Comments
While the twins struggle in the NICU, Hava and I struggle outside the NICU. Today marks 84 days, 12 weeks, since Hava was initially admitted into the hospital. During that time, we have experienced lows that I can’t comprehend, let alone explain, as well as some highs, but not like the ones that we are [...]
Eye spy
January 3rd, 2008 · 4 Comments
After a fairly quiet day yesterday, today came with a bump in the road. The twins had their eye exams (they will probably get them every Thursday till they go home). Derby’s is still about the same but Loen’s has progressed. She was diagnosed with ROP stage 3, Plus disease and Threshold disease. I got [...]
It’s been 2 months?!
January 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments
I’m still in shock the Tadpoles turned TWO MONTHS OLD on Christmas Eve! Talk about time going by quickly. I feel like I was just on the high risk OB floor but then I think about all that has happened in that time, such as moving and all of the events in the NICU. As [...]
