Light at the end of the Tunnel

Wow how time flies, I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted an update. Lots of good news and progress to report. Adam is taking all of his feedings by bottle/breast and since yesterday was the 24hr mark of doing such he had his feeding tube removed. He was also able to spend 5hr without his oxygen yesterday before it had to be put back on. When he is on oxygen the flow was decreased to .25L flow of 50-100% oxygen. We were told that they will allow babies to come home on oxygen which places him very close to coming home. Mia is still using her feeding tube but was able to feed 4-5X consecutively before needing her feeding via tube. They are progressing her to 100% bottle/breast feedings and when she does that for 24hr like Adam she can get rid of her tube. This is really the only thing keeping her in the NICU as her body temperature has been variable but within the 97.5 to 99.0 deg they like it to stay in. Their weights as of yesterday were 5lb 5oz for Adam and 4lb 10oz for Mia. Last weekend one of the NICU contract nurses told Mia that she was eating so well she may go home by Mon/Tue. Well Mia and Adam didn't like that so she slowed down on her eating. Maybe they are trying to coordinate their improvement so they can come home together.