Yesterday was another great day for the girls. Haylee was able to have her arterial line removed, which meant the next day she would be able to do skin to skin (Kangaroo time). I was beyond overjoyed and could not wait! Along with her line being remove, both girls were taken off their UV lights. With the lights being gone so were the masks. We could finally see our girls' eyes and let them see us. As I was doing touch time each one of them opened their eyes and looked right at me. It was all I could do to not cry right there!! As we left the hospital I was beyond excited to come back tomorrow and finally be able to hold my little girl!
Today was the day! After touch time with both girls, I was able to Kangaroo with Haylee. It was possibly one of the greatest moments in my life thus far. Being able to feel her breathing and sleeping while I held her was beyond amazing. She is such a strong, beautiful little girl and I soaked up every minute I had with her. Unfortunately, Rylee still has an umbilical line and is not yet able to Kangaroo, but I look forward to that day as well!
Though most news today was great news, there was a same bit that we are anxiously waiting to hear about. The doctor informed us today that Rylee had a condition called Single Umbilical Artery. This means that instead of having two arteries and one vein in her umbilical cord, she only had one of each. The doctor said because of this he was going to be checking her kidneys tomorrow and we should know more. He did also mention that he was not too concerned that there would be anything abnormal, but lets face it I am going to stress until we know! From what I was able to read 75% of the time the infants are perfectly fine.
Below is our kangaroo time is Haylee and Rylee with her new favorite item, the pacifier.
Stay Strong!
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