Little Joseph and Emma were admitted to the hospital yesterday afternoon. We went to see the pediatrician in the morning because the babies were crying inconsolably and had intestinal distress. When we got to the doctor Joseph had a temp of 100.6 and Emma had a temp of 100.8. Since they are preemies and under one month old, they had to be admitted immediately. Full term babies receive antibodies from the mother at 37 weeks gestation. Since the kids made an early appearance (36 weeks), they are more susceptible to germs and bacteria.
Outside of having very concerned parents, the kids are doing great. Their fevers are down, their appetites are good. The nurses are fantastic and very nice, no matter how often I've called to check in on the kids throughout the night. Both babies have IVs in their hands (seeing a 6 lb baby with an IV is a very sad site), had to be catheterized for urine samples and are getting a very large panel of blood work and poop analysis done. If all the results come back normally (it takes 2 days to get results), we should be able to bring the kids home on Sunday. Fortunately, their fevers were low enough that the doctor did not order a spinal or drip antibiotics. They are also testing to see if the kids are lactose intolerant. I hope that's not the case since I've been pumping for them since the beginning, and have finally hit the point of feeding them almost exclusively breast milk.
Big Joseph has a saying he heard from one of his doctors...life stinks when you're sick and little. So please keep the little ones in your prayers. We miss having them at home, and we look forward to bringing them back as soon as possible.
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