I am on the 4th floor and the twins are on the 2nd. I feel far apart from them, but choosing to walk as opposed to going in the wheelchair down to the ICN is helping me heal quicker. My nurse was impressed. Thank goodness for my strong German genes.
The nurses in the ICN are great and do not mind answering any questions. The babies are usually not assigned to a single nurse, so I get an update from two nurses. Both of the twins have a plastic thing over their noses that push in regular air to remind them to breathe. This is one of the major items of good news. They want to keep preemies off a respirator and have them breathe on their own. From what I have been told, they were on a respirator for only an hour or two when they showed signs that they can breathe without help right after birth. Its difficult to get a good idea as to what they look like because of the air "pusher" on their noses.
Since then, all the items they check (I wont get too technical at this point) are going good and its just making sure they stay "normal."
I am optimistic and reassured each time. I do have a feeling I'm still in shock because I am much calmer than I would expect of myself. I think its because I have read and seen (darn those Discovery Health shows!) how much worse it can be.
I hope these coming weeks will go fast and all be a distant memory soon.
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