Swallow Study for Kaylan

Kaylan is going to be having a swallow study done tomorrow. That means they will give her some barium in her bottle and watch her via an x-ray to see if she has any reflux or if she's aspirating her milk. Hopefully, it won't be a painful procedure. It should give us some insight into why she's not doing well with the bottles so far. They may add some thickeners to her milk to make it go down a little slower. We're praying it's nothing major and that as she gets stronger, she'll catch on to the bottle feeding thing. She's 4 lbs, 6 oz and growing every day! Praise God! She's doing great on the weight gain...now it's just the feeding thing and the oxygen she needs to master.

Additionally, she'll be having another test later this week or next called a VCUG. I won't pretend like I know what that stands for, but basically it's where they put in a catheder and dye and look to see if her kidneys, bladder and uretha are having any problems. Early on, she had a UTI - which is uncommon for small babies, so they just want to make sure things are working properly. Of course they tell us, it could be something very small - or something that requires surgery...something else to pray about! It's always something I swear!

Dylan has another doctor appt tomorrow morning - this time it's for the eye doc. They'll have to dialate his eyes and look at the blood vessels. So far, all of his tests have been normal....please be praying that's still the case with our little man. He's eating like a champ and growing every day...sleeping in his own crib now and really adjusting well at home. Our friend Mona watched Dylan tonight while Landon and I went to see Kaylan...and what an awesome sitter she was! Not only did she take care of D, she emptied the dishwasher and made our bed!! Wow! I think we'll keep her around ;) Although that doesn't say much about my housekeeping lately now does it? ;)

Tomorrow is my official due date. Wow, I never thought that day would get here.....hard to believe our babies are approaching 3 months of age and one is STILL in the hospital. Sigh. We'll get there eventually. Someone said that we would look back on this experience and it would all be a blur....when exactly does that happen?

Here's some prayer requests before you go to sleep tonight (Sarah).

1) Dylan's eye exam
2) Kaylan's swallow study and VCUG test
3) My friend Lainey's little boy Grayson (2 yrs) is having surgery tomorrow...he's a fellow NICU graduate (born at 1 lb also, and Kaylan's future boyfriend). He's one tough little boy and he's got another tough day ahead tomorrow. PLEASE say extra prayers for the Clark family tonight.

Well, I'm off to start the evening shift with Big D - bath, bottles, sleep, repeat. I got to hold both my babies today so all in all, I can't complain. And, how about this weather today? Let's have some more of that please.

Nighty night.