their First Doctors Appointment

Matthew

We took the babies to the Dr. thinking that it would only take an hour. Wow were we wrong. We pack up 4 diapers and some wipes. What else do you really need for an hour when they ate 10 minutes before we left.

When we got to the office they were taking their temps and couldn't get a good reading. They tried 3 different thermometers and the temps wouldn't read or they were really low. Since they couldn't get a good reading they had to do rectal temps. Needless to say 4 diapers were not enough. When I started changing Michael the first time he started peeing right away in his new diaper before I was finished putting it on. It formed a puddle on the side of his leg, it was pure luck that it still landed in the diaper. When they finally got a reading they were low and Michael still looked a little jaundice. The doctor said he wanted to admit them to St. Johns to run some test. I started crying right there. Poor Tim was trying not to cry to be strong for me but I could see that he wanted to. He is also a new parent that is worried about his babies.

Michael

We got to the hospital and they made us wait for the room to be ready. About 1h 45m, which when you are worried, stressed and sleep deprived seems like for ever. The staff is great. Both babies are in the same room and we have a bed in here to stay with them. They gave me a pump to help feed the babies, dinner for both of us and things in the lounge.

Matthew

The boys got poked so many times it was really hard to hear them cry so much. They told us they needed to give them IV's so we left the room for a while. When I came back I looked over at Matt and he had an IV in his head. I started crying right there. I couldn't hold it in anymore and since I have a great husband he calmed me down while he was still crying. They ran lots of tests and the results came back really quick. Michaels jaundice level was at 15.4 and when we arrive his temp was 94. something and Matthew's jaundice level was at 10.6 and a temp of 94. something. They put them in an incubator and under a light to help raise their temps and reduce the jaundice.

Michael

This morning they ran more test, and both of their levels of jaundice went down to about a 6 and their temps are up to 98. They are eating a lot better and actually waking up to eat. I still want to cry when I think about everything they are going through. I couldn't feed them yesterday because I was scared about the IV's.

Daddy and Michael
Mommy and Matthew