Thursday II

On Tuesday night we had the boys' pulse-ox levels tested overnight. This meant taking them off of the supplemental oxygen while machines read their levels. When their levels dipped below 88%, an alarm sounded. I've heard of parents having to have their babies hooked to one of these machines for weeks, if not months. That would be hell. Our boys' levels looked great, but if they were too active, then the machines' alarms would sound. I can't imagine going through that night after night.
Throughout most of the night, their levels were between 94-96%. (We know this because Eric barely got a lick of sleep as he monitored the machines. I managed to fall asleep in between the alarms.) Unfortunately, we haven't heard back from the doctor yet with the results.
I guess that hasn't stopped me from being a little rebelious because I ended up not hooking the boys back up to the oxygen. I was going to last night, but forgot to do so before I gave them the bedtime feeding. They looked great througout the day today, so I decided to leave them off again tonight. It can be challenging to manage everything when it's just me and the boys. Having them off of the oxygen over the past 48 hours has been so liberating.
In fact, we even went to watch part of AJ's baseball game. We arrived during the 4th innings which I thought was a pretty amazing feat. Eventually, we'll arive for opening pitch.
Here are the boys sacked out as I stop off to get the mail. (Mom & Dad- more junk mail for you. Although, the other day you did have three letters from Comcast.)

Hanging out this evening... I love that they're now smiling in response to us.
(In the following pictures: Reid, Aiden, Aiden-left, Reid-right)






And finally... Aiden's feet. Awwww! Aren't they the cutest!