IVs Are Out!

Yay!  Both kids have had their IV posts removed all together!
The IV sits under the blue padded board on their arms.  It's there to keep the kids from rubbing it out (the IV post, that is).

All the other leads are for monitoring their heart rate, temperature, breathing, and blood gas (amount of oxygen in their blood).  Beck (above) also has a feeding tube running into his nose and down his throat into his stomach.  He's eating less than his brother, and even has trouble staying awake for a full feeding, so the nurses are pouring whatever he can't take from the bottle directly into his belly.  They say it's a lot of work just sucking from the bottle.  In fact, if we let them try for too long, they might end up expending more calories trying to eat than they're actually taking in from the bottle!  Crazy!

Anyway, here are some more pictures of both babies without the IVs for your viewing enjoyment!


...Beck's to the right, and Cole is down below.

...as always, more pictures are over in our Picasa Web Album.