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2 years for Lo

February 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Today marks Loens 2 year anniversary of leaving the NICU and coming home. It went by so fast!

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NICU Reunion

October 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The first weekend in October is when SBCH NICU has their annual reunion. We were excited to see the staff and some of the other NICU graduates. I will say that last year I was worried the twins would get cold and overdressed them. They ended up roasting that day. This year I checked the [...]

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Tags: NICU · twins · zoo

NICU

December 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Here is an update about the NICU donations we collected in lieu of birthday gifts for the twins. The grand total came out to $1000! We were told that they purchased two glider chairs and a new digital camera with printer with the money. They previously used to take Polaroid photos of the babies when the parents couldn’t be there [...]

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2 Feet & 2 Teeth

July 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments

They have now hit 9 months. The babes are growing up so quickly. The NICU is feeling farther away everyday. UPDATES Loen: Weighs 13 pounds 8 1/2 ounces and is 25 inches long. She is now the proud owner of 2 bottom teeth. Her hair has had a major growth spurt. It is like she [...]

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Hopin to give back

June 2nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

On Sunday we were part of the Children’s Miracle Network telethon for Cottage Hospital. It was exciting to be asked to share a portion of our story. We were with the Pediatric ophthalmologist Dr. Silverberg and another family who dealt with ROP. To watch our portion of the telethon click HERE Notice how I am [...]

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Tags: NICU · ROP · twins · video

One Down One to Go

February 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments

What? A baby is being entrusted in our care?? We can take one home, without the monitors?! Yes they set little Loen free. It happen quickly. They said in a couple of days and they weren’t kidding. I am in a state of disbelief that after 3 and a 1/2 months we can take one [...]

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Race to the finish

January 24th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Hopefully soon I can stop tagging my posts with NICU. Today the twins are 3 months old. In someways the time has just flown by. I look at pictures from the beginning and I had already forgotten about how small and fragile they were (to some people they look small and fragile now, to us [...]

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Tags: NICU · twins · update

Fancy Pants

January 21st, 2008 · 5 Comments

Derby had on a full blown outfit today. I was so proud and couldn’t get over how adorable (& completely kissable) he looked. I took a break and went down to the cafeteria to get some food. When I came back the outfit was off! The twins nurse was telling me how the waist band [...]

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On my own

January 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments

My son is a puller of tubes. He has taken out his breathing tube, pulled out his feeding tube and now he has decided he no longer needs his nasal cannula. Well I guess he was right. Showing Loen how things are done (He looks smug about the no nasal cannula. Loen looks she is [...]

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Ode to my twins

January 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

My babies are stuck in the NICU It just makes my heart so sad Maybe when they get out My soul won’t hurt so bad It started when the water broke Then there was a twelve day wait The days were long and the nights were dark While we awaited their final fate Loen came [...]

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