Yesterday was a busy day for us! First our dietician came and we talked about Travis' feedings which seem to be going very well! He is still on a feeding pump for 1o hours at night so the next step will be to shorten the time on the pump and add one more feeding during the day. Eventually, this will mean that there will be no pump...and hopefully soon, no feeding tube! We are moving in the right direction, but want to keep it slow as we want him to be successful. I dont have an updated weight since we will be getting that tomorrow at his pulmonary appointment so we will find out then.
After seeing Gail, we had a couple of special visitors!! Audra and Tucker came to play with us! I met Audra in the NICU when Travis was just a few weeks old. She introduced herself to me and told me all about her miracle baby Tucker! We would soon learn how much alike our babies were. Tucker was 3 months early (born on May 10, 2008) and has had severe lung issues like Travis. He had a rough NICU ride and was there for 7 months! Aurda and I really counted on one another when our boys were there to lend support and love. I don't know what I would have done without her! I came to her with all of my questions and she always had an answer. "Yes, Tucker has been there, done that!" She's an angel, and Tucker is one tough cookie! We used to joke that we would get our boys out of that NICU on the same day becacuse we wouldn't be able to survive without each other there! Well guess what?! It happened!! Tucker and Travis both left the NICU on December 18th! What are the chances!?!
So we FINALLY got together after 2-1/2 months! I am so glad we did, but just wishing we would have done it sooner! It was so great to have someone to talk to who really understands all the challenges that we face! Tucker and Travis really wore each other out! We went for a walk to Chipotle nearby and sat outside (to avoid germs!) and ate our food. As we were scarfing our food down, Audra said, "Well you know we are mommies when we scarf our food before the boys wake up!" HA HA, so true! We probably got some funny looks since we had two boys with oxygen, but hey, we were having too good of a time to notice anyway!
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Here are some pictures of the two boys together. Wow, how amazing is it to have two amazing miracles side by side!? We are very blessed and lucky Mommies and we definitely know it!! Enjoy!
Pretty hard to believe these chunky boys were both less than 2 pounds!!!
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They are so cute!!! I'm so glad that y'all both got a great friend out of each other and the scary NICU experience.
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