We Are Back

Sorry we have been gone so long. Needless to say there is a small change from having two home and having three home. Besides the change in sleep the three hour cycle becomes perpetual. As one cycle ends the next begins and on we go. Paige has us really organized and it is really very amazing what she has been able to do with these guys. We have schedules, systems, and timers that keep everything moving along like shift work. We also have great helpers with our family and friends. We would have been overwhelmed and crazy by now with out the support system. I can not tell you how much the onsite help, food, and gifts have meant. We are very fortunate to have these guys and all of you as family and friends.

I will do a better job of keeping this updated going forward. I will shoot for every other day plus pics. In the next post I will include pics of our new wheels - let me just say they are really happening :-)

New weights from last Thursday's Dr's appt:
Cooper 10.4
Joshua 9.14
Major 9.8

We have had some of this ----


And a little bit of this -

Talk to you soon,

WPCCJM

Couple Pics of "The Brothers"

I'm Home!!!!

The Beginning :-)

WooHoo Major is Coming Home

Major passed his sleep test and is coming home tonight - that falls under the category of Most Outstanding. I will start taking pics of all them tomorrow and posting.

Thank you for all of your prayers!

Winn

btw... who ever said sleep was over rated was wrong :-)

Here is a pic of Joshua and Cooper in their matching swings. You can see the cord hanging down from Cooper. Those are attached to the monitor hanging on their bed. It is used to monitor their heartbeat and breathing. If either get to low or for heartbeat to high it goes off with a PIERCING LOUD OBNOXIOUS sound that can be heard for miles.

I learned how to insert and take out Major's feeding tube today. It looks like Major will be coming home in the next week or two depending on his sleeping evaluation that will be done starting about 4 central (which would be about the exact time I'm typing this) today. He will come home on tubes and will be fed through the tubes several times a day. I know I have covered some of this in the past but I thought I would offer a little refresher course.

All and all everyone is doing well. I know we are all ready to have Major home. All prayers are welcomed!!

Have a good one,

WPCJCM

I Missed "Feb 16th"

Feb 16th would have been their due date if "the brothers" would have gone full term. Triplets do not go 40 weeks so we never expected them to be born in February, but it was still the date we had.

We found out last weekend that they will have the preemie tag on them through 2 years. By then they will have caught up with their age group. For now we just have to measure their progress knowing we need to add a few months to some of their milestones.

Major is moving forward, not with great velocity or anything but he is moving forward. He is a great little boy. He has become the poster baby for part of the NICU Level 2 team of nurses. They have been great with Major.

All the boys at home are doing wonderful. Joshua had a Dr visit today. He had his meds increased and he now tops the scales at 8.4 lbs. He has been packing on the ounces at home.

That is it for now - have a great evening!

WPCJCM

All is Well

Here is a pic of Caleb "big brother" from a couple of weeks ago. This little adventure included train rides, feeding the ducks, playing in the park, and of course Caleb reprimanding a couple of people on the train for being loud.

Major is doing much better. His throat is a little irritated (sounds a little hoarse when he coughs) but his alertness is back. Also no more ventilator and he should have his first bottle feed today since the surgery. He will hopefully be moved back to Level 2 today or tomorrow.

Cooper and Joshua are up to 3 ozs on their bottles. Feedings can sometimes be a little cantankerous depending on their mood but all in all they are doing great.

Enjoy the day!

WPCJCM

Major & the Feeding Tube

We've written a few times in the past and made mention of Major only taking three bottles a day. In this pic you can see how he eats the rest of his meals. They use the tube in this pic to send the milk straight to his little belly.

As for his surgery he is still in Level 3 for recovery and he will probably be there for another day or two. He seems to have some irritation in his throat so they Dr's will proceed slowly.

I'm off to feed Cooper & Joshua. They are on three hour cycles but I could swear sometimes it seems like 20 or 30 minutes from finishing the last one and starting over with the first.

Talk to you later,

WPCJCM