Saturday, July 23, 2011

Update from the McNeil Household...

Sorry it's been so long since I've updated.  No good excuse, just haven't made the time to do it.  We've had a good week.  We had a couple birthdays over the last week though.  The girls turned 7 months old on Wednesday (July 20th) but no big parties.  Grammy also had a big birthday...60 years old!  Ava and Reese wanted to send the picture below to her since they weren't going to be with her on her big day.  Grammy loved it! 
                                      

We have also had a great time with Nana and Pappy this week.  Here is a picture of Ava and Pappy and next time we'll have to include a picture of Nana!


Specifics about the girls...

Ava - She's been doing really well.  She continues to feed orally pretty well but sometimes requires us to use her G-tube to complete her full feed.  We called the doctor on Wednesday like they asked us to but they made no changes on vent settings or anything else.  We go back to the vent clinic at Children's Mercy this coming Wednesday and we are interested to see if any changes are made.  Other than that, she's been having more awake times during the day and is pretty playful.  She is definitely a laid back baby.  

Reese - She is our punctual baby.  Every three hours she makes sure that we know it's time to feed again.  We are pretty scheduled around here, just like we got used to in the NICU.  That's okay though because it helps mommy and daddy get into a routine as well.  The neonatologists at Overland Park Regional are still having her wear her apnea monitor at night but we haven't had any alarms in a really long time.  They got a download of her monitor a couple weeks ago but we still haven't heard anything.  She is a smiley baby who is talking a lot more and getting very intentional about grabbing and batting her toys. 

That's it for now but we'll keep you posted on any other exciting things that happen around here!

P.S.  Do you think it's too early for Reese to start her own laundry?



1 comment:

  1. Hilary & Zach I'm so glad things are going well with Ava & Reese, they look awesome. Big hugs & kisses from one of your favorite OPR RT's..
    Paula

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