Another good day

Greetings, all.

Elsa and Jonas both had a stable Friday and Saturday. Both have begun a series of weens on their ventilators with some successes and a few stumbles. The ventilator that they are both on, the Drager--(kind of a cool sounding name for it), can provide a set number of breaths per minute. Both kids started out at sixty breaths per minute. They then began reducing the number of breaths by four every twelve hours if the kids' numbers were okay. Currently Jonas made it down to thirty per minute and Elsa is at fifty. Both have been going up and down on these numbers...it really can change rapidly but it feels like they have been trending down on the support they need.

Jonas has started to receive a little caffeine. It is a common measurement the nurses and doctors monitor and it was determined that he needed a little boost. The syringe has a starbucks logo on it (just kidding on that one). He continues to eat like a champ!

Elsa received a blood transfusion this morning. She had been looking a little pale on Friday and this really perked her color up. She was a little jittery today and the nurse thought it may be in response to the sedation medication she is receiving. She had been taking it before on an IV and now is receiving it orally which hits her system all at once. Overall, she seems to be stable and growing.

We are humbled by the number of people praying for our babies. It is amazing to hear from friends we haven't seen in a while that have heard about Jonas and Elsa and have been keeping us all in their prayers. Thank you and God Bless,
Dan & Mari & Jonas & Elsa

(Our camera ran out of batteries yesterday. I took it to school to show to a few students which turned into most students and now the batteries are recharging. Sorry no photos!)