Happy Easter

Happy Easter!

Jonas and Elsa celebrated Easter today with us. It was quite a special day for us all. Mari and I spent the night in one of the parent rooms so that we could feed Elsa on demand. She did great. Every couple of hours she would politely remind us that it was time to eat...and did she! She hit her required amount in style and then quickly fell asleep. I should note that she did spit up on me at 6am...I only mention this so you see the trend in a second.

Jonas celebrated Easter with his first forays into bottle feeding. The doctors determined that it was time to give him a chance on the bottle with small amounts of milk. This morning, I fed him 12 ml (1/3 of an ounce...approximately) in about 30 seconds. He was ferocious. Thirty seconds later he spit up the entire 12 ml on me. The trend continues. The nurses weren't very concerned about this as it was his first go at a bottle and he recently had surgery.

Jonas is going great on the nasal cannula and is beginning to tolerate his feeds quite nicely. Elsa is eating almost always on demand. Good times. Elsa is so close. She may be home this week! The car seat is at the hospital. The oxygen tank (for nasal cannula while eating at home) will arrive tomorrow. We are close!

Happy Easter to everyone. God is Great. We continue to pray for growth and recovery for Elsa and Jonas.

God Bless,

Mari & Elsa & Jonas & Dan