1/9 Update

Today was a GREAT day with lots of advancements in the twins status. Milina was officially discharged from the hospital this afternoon but they are allowing her to "room in". She basically gets to stay in one of the rooms on the maternity floor for free as long as the pt census is low and the room is not needed. She also gets to rest more since she is not under the hospitals care and the nurses do not need to check on her at all. We are hoping she is allowed to do this until Sunday evening at which point we will return home and just commute back and forth to the hospital every day.
Mia - Mia's CPAP was removed this afternoon around lunch time. That leaves her with only an IV and a feeding tube. The IV may be removed in a few days, they leave it in just in case they have to deliver medicine and it is easier to just leave it in than to take it out only to put it back in later if necessary. The best part about her CPAP being removed is we can for the first time really see her face, I saw her face immediately after she was born but Milina had never seen her face unobstructed until this afternoon. Needless to say it was an emotional experience.
Adam - Adam still has his CPAP but with a different set up that he tolerates a little better. He still gives the NICU nurses and respiratory therapists a headache by constantly pulling on the straps that hold it on. The new set-up though is more Adam resistant and he has yet to pull it out of his nose despite his best efforts. This is really the only obstacle keeping us from holding him so far. Since it takes the staff so much time to get his CPAP one and secure they will not let us hold him because that would mess up their set-up. Hopefully he will have his CPAP removed either later this evening or tomorrow. The IV situation is the same as Mia's.

Both love time with Mom and Dad. We are in the NICU at least 4-5X/day or every 2-3 hours right now for at least 1 hour at a time then breaks in between for us and the twins to rest. They each love to hold our hands and seem to calm down faster when we place their hands across their chest and then rest our hands over them, especially Adam.