It's almost time

So the doctors are thinking that they might try to send the girls home next week. They are both doing really well in their feedings. I go and feed them now 4 times a day. The other 4 times are are still tube fed. We have decided that we will do both nursing and bottle feeding. I will nurse one and bottle the other and then switch on the next feeding. That way they are both nursing and bottle feeding. I have to do both because i just don't make enough for two babies. Jade seems to do ok with both so far. She is the type that she doesn't care how she gets food as long as she gets to eat, tube, bottle, or nursing. Sofira is still getting the hang of eating. She will down a bottle in no time and she likes to nurse. With Sofira nursing can be a long process. She is not one to just wake up and eat. She likes to talk with ya, look around, and then eat. So it's nice because Jade is so the opposite. Once her eyes are open there better be food waiting for her or she screams. So i figured I would feed Jade while I was talking with Sofira. That way everyone is happy and gets their needs met. 

Right now I am excited and a little nervous for the girls to come home. I really want them to come home, but I know there will be yet another big transition in our little/big families lives. The doctors will be sending them both home with oxygen and monitors to help us watch for their little apnea episodes. Which I am glad, otherwise I wouldn't get any sleep because I would feel the need to watch them all the time to make sure they are breathing. The oxygen is mainly for eating purposes. Both girls tend to breath less when they eat. The oxygen will help them to maintain higher levels of oxygen in their bodies so they have enough energy to actually eat all their food. If the oxygen levels fall to much then they spend more energy breathing so they have less energy to eat. 

I know that everyone really wants to see the girls when they come home. And, I wish that i could throw a big coming out party. But, I can't it will have to wait till April. The girls will have to be kept in the house all winter. We can't have visitors in and we can't take them out. We have to really careful to make sure they don't get sick. A little runny nose is not much for a healthy person, but a little runny nose to the girls could put them back in the hospital. I hope that i can help them stay healthy with my milk, but they were really early and their immune system is still weak. So we will love ya'll from a far for a little while and then we can party when RSV season is over.