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Second Homecoming

Simone came home last night and Winter is coming home today, YAY!

Simmers has been released!

Simone was released today and Winter will probably be sent home tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed! They are over the virus for the most part except Winter's oxygen level drops a little too low when he is in a deep sleep, so they want to watch him for one more night.

Daniel will stay overnight with Winter while I will be home for a girls-only night painting finger nails and having pillow fights.

Now Simone has TWO reasons to tease her big brother (by 45 seconds) when they grow up -- she was released from the hospital before her bro twice!

Update

We have a hopefull ETA of tomorrow for the twins' discharge, we'll see.  Simone is pretty much a lock, we're about 75% certain Winter will come home as well.  Cross your fingers!  

RSV update

The twins are still at CHOP. Daniel stayed with them last night. They are still progressing well. Simone no longer needs oxygen and is on room air starting 4am this morning. Winter's oxygen needs have gone down little by little. As of this morning he is on 1 liter (down from 2). Go Fraleys!

Winter's nurse's name is Simone!

Still at CHOP

The twins are still at CHOP, but on the mend. They are in good spirits, smiling, eating, tooting, peeing, and pooping. Their lungs are still congested but are comfortable with oxygen help. The goal is to wean them off the oxygen little by little. Once they spend one night oxygen-free, they can come home. The staff at CHOP is absolutely amazing. Its comforting knowing they are in the best children's hospital in the country. Everything is taken care of for the parents, including room service meals, only $5 for any meal on the menu!

I found out that we were lucky to have them in the same room because their unit is full. I cannot imagine how stressful it would be to run back and forth between rooms! Whew!

I stayed the last two nights and Daniel is going to stay with them tonight so I can spend some time with Hazel, whom I have not seen since Wednesday. My mom (Nana) has given me breaks and spent time during the day with them. When I left this morning, she was giving them baths. Squeaky clean babes.

Cross your fingers we will all be back home in the next couple days.

Twins back in the Hospital...

The twins have a nasty case of RSV, cold like symptoms to you and me, but more serious in an infant. They'll be in the hospital for at least two days on oxygen, likely longer until the chest congestion clears. I saw them both last night and they are fine, eating well, just congested.

Halloween 2008

What do infant twins & Friendly's Restaurant have in common?

Now that I have established some sort of routine with the wee ones, I have come to embrace the challenge of caring for twins, one preschooler, and trying to keep a tidy house (notice I did not say clean). I came to the conclusion that it reminded me of waiting tables at a busy Friendly's in my late teens. I truly enjoyed being a server. Juggling a bunch of tables, troubleshooting problems, thinking one or two steps ahead, keeping customers happy, using diplomacy when one of those customers were not happy, cleaning up, and restocking -- all at the same exact time. After sharing this analogy with Daniel I realized that there is one big difference between the two: When you wait tables you get to go home after your shift AND you get to go home with a big wad of cashola in your pocket.